No, they really shouldn't. Unfettered capitalism is only ever good for the bigger parties.
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French Court Levies Fine Against Apple for Abusive App Store Practices
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No, they really shouldn't. Unfettered capitalism is only ever good for the bigger parties.
Those were the particulars of the abuse of their monopoly, that's all. There are plenty of ways any company, including Apple, could abuse a monopoly.
It’s not illegal to be a monopoly. What Microsoft did was illegal but the simple “Windows included IE which is why Microsoft got in trouble” is not the reason.
It still creates some level of panic among the greedy investors. So even a $1 fine would cause them not go be able to sleep at night.
Any of the other Android stores, the web, dozens of other operating systems...
err.. actually... it is illegal. Well it is in Europe, probably not in North Korea.
Anyone defending anti competitve behaviour (i.e. Apple in this example) needs to understand these laws are in place to protect consumers. Just because I really like Apple and their products does not mean I am ok with all their practices and blindly accept what they deem as an appropriate business model.
Apple isn't violating current antitrust laws, that's why they need new laws such as the DMA to force these changes.
And the beneficiary of these new laws isn't consumers. It's other large corporations. Primarily Google. The same Google that is the actual market share leader and is actually engaging in anticompetitive tactics by entering into agreements with all its horizontal competitors except Apple to push its service across dozens of vertical markets.
but when Apple makes these changes to the rules it is the people that can speak and get them changed. If people really cared to be able to control their vape from an app there would have been a big uproar. There isn't even a huge vocal uproar over the limits that (in the U.S.) states are putting on vapes let alone not being able to control a vape. Also, what real benefit will one be able to gain from controlling a vape from an app? I used to vape some years ago before 2019 even and I can't think of one instance where I thought this may be a good idea. The only thing I can think of is adjusted power to the vape, but why would I want to wait to grab my phone open the app and then adjust my vape as desired as opposed to pressing 1 of 2 buttons to adjust accordingly
I disagree.
The first point (no impact on security because nothing prevents a user from only using apple's App Store) is false in scenario's where employers or schools force the use of certain apps. Things like Lockdown browsers for remote test taking or other proctoring software for exams were obligatory during the covid years: if you didn't use them, you couldn't pass your exams and attain your degree. On iPad and iPhone those apps were completely limited on how creepy and invasive they could be by the sandbox and App Store limitations. After opening the phone, they'll just move to another App Store and be full on creepy/invasive just like they were on the Mac and Windows.
The second point ("not my problem") is also not true for lots of us on these forums. Usually people on these forums are tech savvy, yet often their parents are not. I gave my parents iPhones and iPads so I don't need to worry their computers get riddled with whatever weird malware 'll try to scam them next. This has worked great, and unlike with the pc's they had for years before that I've barely had to interfere and never for malware. If your parents get scammed, it's your future inheritance that gets stolen. It's not your problem until it is.
Let enough tech companies leave and they'll feel it. No Microsoft. No Apple. No Google. Good luck selling phones or computers.
It's almost as if companies change as they get bigger. Or did you expect governments to hold them to the same standard as 1980?
The worst "illegal" thing you could do is play ROMS for a game you never had
Yea you're only "walled in" to the point is it's ridiculously convenient to use the hardware company's content
No. I expect laws to change. But that doesn't retroactively make what they did before the change illegal.
But if they do it too quickly and often, it will set a precedent. Will they just cough up $100k if I sue? I don't even need a mil
No now I just thought of the nightmare of the AT&T Media Net store
Would love to see Apple implement a Black and White type solution here - when the phone is turned on for the first time, it will ask if you wish to be part of the Apple-run ecosystem, or a privately run eco-system? Phone would then either access only the App Store or, become jail broken and not be able to access the Apple App Store. Keeps it safe for those that don't want the security risk, but for those who think it would be better jailbroken - go for it.
Definitely, and the thing that bugs me about them beyond that, is they cry about the AS commission, but Apple at least is running the store for that, not selling people BS cosmetic items for $20
I'm actually curious to see the rationale behind this suggestion, especially since actual jailbroken devices do have access to the App Store.
The French will always come up with ways to protect....the French, even if it means making up the rules as they go along. Yet you ask them to get the French to obey import or export rules, they allow their farmers to burn imported sheep, they throw away boat loads of other nations legally caught fish, and assist poor potential immigrants who are already in a safe country to do a crossing in tiny rubber boats overladen.