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Re:More options for apps distributed in the European Union by sbuk on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:55AM (#39680273)
If it’s enforced by regulations, by definition it’s no longer a “free” market. It’s a regulated one.
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Re:More options for apps distributed in the European Union by EMIRELADERO on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:58AM (#39680299)
The regulations made the smartphone/mobile OS market non-free in order to make the "apps for <insert OS name here>" market free.
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Re:More options for apps distributed in the European Union by sbuk on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @11:26AM (#39680647)
Just no. You can twist it all you want. The app market in the EU is no longer a free market in any sense.
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Re:More options for apps distributed in the European Union by mthoms on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @11:53AM (#39681012)
>If it’s enforced by regulations, by definition it’s no longer a “free” market. It’s a regulated one.

By that definition there are no free markets nearly anywhere (save for illegal markets). At least not in modern, well-functioning economies.

(Attention pedants: I said nearly)

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