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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by int_19h on Thursday March 02, 2023 @03:47PM (#35001816)
It would only be a bill of attainder if it used arbitrary characteristics not relevant to the stated purpose of the bill to target specific companies. The definition cited is not arbitrary in that sense - it targets large companies in specific markets, and there's an obvious rational connection with the stated purpose.
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Re:EU will require Apple to open up iMessage by afiori on Friday March 03, 2023 @05:30AM (#35007880)
I believe that both comment are trying to say that:

- Google and Apple must do X => unconstitutional

- All Companies bigger than X with chat-like apps and an app store and a near-oligopoly OS must do X => probably constitutional

- All Companies such that (proceed to list dozen of random characteristics meant to only ever apply to Google and Apple ) must do X => probably unconstitutional

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