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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by drenvuk on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:08AM (#28152209)
At this point the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Let's see if whoever is doing the arm twisting can force Apple onto a path where they don't get to do every single little thing that they want.
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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by nemothekid on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:46AM (#28152442)
That's interesting because I have the opposite view - I prefer Apple maintains control so that Facebook doesn't get to do every single thing they want. Facebook is strictly worse and I bemoan a future where FB is given even more data to sell on hundreds of millions of Americans.
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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by tremon on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:21AM (#28155312)
How about (gasp) the government maintains control so that non-democratic bodies don't get to do every single thing they want?
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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by baridbelmedar on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:20PM (#28158957)
What government are you referring to?

I suspect that not all countries (even western) would love the idea that the US government had that type of control ;)

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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a... by Valkhyr on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:47PM (#28164811)
How about designing devices and services such that they are open and cross-compatible and the user is ultimately in control?
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