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U.S. Senator Calls AirTags Release 'Timely' as App Store Antitrust Hearing Kicks Off
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What a stupid, vacuous Senator. Competition is not Antitrust. Using political and legal proceedings to squelch competition IS. She should be immediately expelled from the Senate as ringleader of this corrupt circus.
Sounds like she does, just watch, have fun:
Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
But don’t worry, they will stay rich with the upcoming open AppStore, and you will be able to continue throwing money at them.
And even if she does not, using that term will lead to a discussion about it, it won’t silently disappear under the table.
Democrats are only cool if a Chinese company innovates
Probably most of this boils down to the fact that Klobochar is a hyper-productive narcissist and thus Apple must tremble before her.
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I’m sympathetic to tile. They are totally getting hosed by Apple. And apple absolutely uses that fact that it’s their phone and code to their advantage.
But it’s their OS and their phone.
maybe tile should develop their own phone to connect with tiles
Or hire some developers to develop their own android fork that has this kind of integration on a tile phone.
But it’s their OS and their phone.
maybe tile should develop their own phone to connect with tiles
Or hire some developers to develop their own android fork that has this kind of integration on a tile phone.
The net is full of facts, and when you’re able to fully block, you have monopoly and dictatorship, simply as that.
Tile is not the only company that makes these type of devices. I had them, they were less than useful. Dumped them years ago.
But you don't know of any do you. What have they blocked? I think your a little confused.
My sense is that Tile is just another cute supplier of niche, commoditized chinese goods. If they were actually innovative they could sue Apple for infringing their patents, but alas, I don't think they have those.
Blocked updates, new releases and killed competition
Dash
NHS Covid App in UK
Fortnite
Defold
Facecharm
Hey
MS xCloud App
Spotify
Parler
Proton
Stadia
Chaos Computer Club TV App
WordPress
Third party browser engines, to enforce webkit monopoly
Flash
Telegram
Many handy iOS App listing Apps, as we used to have, to track App prices etc.
A few parental Apps were also kicked out just before the introduction of Apple ScreenTime
Just a few ones from a quick search and my memory
Anyway, the unreported cases are far higher...
Apple shouldn’t be able to block anything, just the user should...
All of or most of those apps are in the App Store. If they were blocked it was a term or service issue or by another’s country government. Flash died on its own as it should have and WebKit is used in most modern browsers. Your still wrong.
I guess the New York Times has a monopoly over its editorial pages.
They are in the AppStore, because Apple Mafia forced them to change as they wanted. But yeah i can’t make blind ones see. Anyway, court around the globe will fox tgat, I’m confident.
They should be able to block for violating the TOS, not for anti-competitive behavior.
Sue em! Why not? It’s your right to let this get checked.
That’s why court exists...They should not be able to block anything from an users device. Just if the user agree, but the user should always be able to opt out.
Yes they should. We have a fundamental disagreement. They shouldn't be able to delete an app from the users device, which they can’t.
Agree to disagree, i’m for opt-in freedom, and you for a total control aka dictatorship, monopoly, etc.
I'm saying to those who believe Apple or Google will take beating, to ensure the letdown is easy...I'll take my chances with the chickens.