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Re:Turned the Pitch into a Market on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @11:23AM (#48908257)
just went live with markets.futbol : a live market on the ball itself during the World Cup. tap trade zones, 10-second resolution to win.
I liked them until they started emailing me for my SSN... I'm looking for an alternative now
The alternative here isn't keeping things the way they are, it is giving way to the proliferation of the freedom to innovate on other platforms due to lack of regulation. And in the current setting that means eventually you'll be troubleshooting your parents' Chinese phones.
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:12PM (#24149279)
Regulation isn't done by the administration. There is a specific bipartisan antitrust committee that handles these issues.
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:11PM (#24149255)
You are thinking unilaterally on a multilateral issue...
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:09PM (#24149235)
Who else is apple competing with to put apps on iphones? Compared to android where you have indy devs, samsung store, play store, or any other store; it's a clear monopoly.
Re:Epic direct payment on mobile on Thursday August 13, 2020 @12:54PM (#24145442)
by this logic the ISP should also get a cut, which is ridic