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Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by GiorgioG on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:56PM (#28543615)
> Apple is turning computing and ownership into renting and serfdom. Why don't you see that?

Amazon, Google & Microsoft are just as guilty of this with their cloud platforms.

Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by pessimizer on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:17PM (#28545120)
"Just as guilty" is the opposite of a defense. You're literally in a thread condemning Apple for conspiring with Google right now. Who are are you attempting to convince of what by saying that Google is "just as guilty?"
Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by zerd on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @07:24PM (#28545770)
Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:12PM (#28543767)
No, they are not. Apple is going further and using good branding to avoid consumer backlash.
Re:Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system ... by echelon on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:11PM (#28543760)
Eh, you kind of get it.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Famgopoly

They all need to be broken up in the areas where they use platform powers to ensnare, absorb, and destroy.

Each of these companies could be decent companies, but they're allowed to abuse their positions and wreak havoc on multiple industries.