jonahb

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The fines need to be bigger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation

Might be because the App Store is the sole channel. Also, apps are easier to substitute than games, making anti-competitive behavior possible.

Companies with an annual global revenue of $25 billion or more and that offer to the public an online marketplace, an exchange, or a platform for connecting third parties would be designated as "platform utilities." … These companies would be prohibited from owning both the platform utility and any participants on that platform.

Thus Safeway would be exempt from the regulation because (a) they do not offer an online marketplace and (b) they do not connect third parties (but instead act as an intermediary).

Similarly, it appears that only Amazon Marketplace, not the retail arm of Amazon, would be affected by this regulation.

By the way, I don't have a Facebook account.

Not to mention that if your standard for impropriety is the investment bank, you're lost already.

Uh, where'd you get that from? The company has an obligation to act in the the interest of shareholders, but "interest" doesn't necessarily mean "money." Moreover, that's not its _only_ obligation. This guy seems to agree:

https://www.cultofmac.com/268413/tim-cook-tells-profit-obses...

Do you really feel that that's happening?

You've been given an example of a system that might work in a civilized, modern country called Denmark. Maybe it's worth looking into it rather than repeating your First Amendment / "government is the servant" saw.

That's funny. Before the commercialization of New York, it was a Lenape settlement.

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