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Re:Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection by DrillShopper on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @02:21PM (#43976031)
Not allowing third parties to use all of the platform features is the kind of behavior that people used to call Microsoft a monopolist. In that lens I'll never understand anybody who thinks Microsoft was a monopolist in the 90s but think that Google is not now.
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Re:Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection by supermatt on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @03:58AM (#43982066)
Google absolutely is, but through lobbying they have managed to retain an antiquated definition of what the “market” is. I.e they would say it’s the mobile market, whereas the reality is that it’s now an “android” market and an “iOS” market.

That’s exactly what the EUs “digital markets act” was created to address. In a true market there are no walled gardens, the market is accessible to all.

Personally I think it’s not enough and that they should also be split up. Ideally I feel any corporation should be restricted to a single market segment or trade category.

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