Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet
by nithril on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:56AM
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They do not primarily maintain free softwares, they primarily maintain softwares to better control their business models.
And it is "free" because it does not impact their business models, on the contrary
> Google is spending many millions of dollars per year developing and maintaining free software like Chrome and Android.
From AOSP docs:
> Android is intentionally and explicitly an open source effort (as opposed to free software)
Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet
by Const-me on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:25AM
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I meant “free as in beer”.
One of the reasons Android was a success while Windows Phone failed, Microsoft charged something like $30 per device for the OS license.
Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet
by charcircuit on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:47AM
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Chrome protects Google from any existential threats of being locked out of the web or the web losing to other platforms. Google search earns them billions of dollars.
Google has to play store on Android which earns them billions of dollars.
Google is spending many millions of dollars per year developing and maintaining free software like Chrome and Android.
If the government will miraculously enforce the current anti-competition laws and break the company like they did with Bell Systems in 1982, these Google’s products will suddenly become unsustainable.