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DiapDealer · 04-09-2022, 03:05 PM

I'm not arguing that it doesn't suck. I'm asking for specific examples of how it's violating American anti-trust laws. No one is being forced to used apps, no one is being forced to choose Apple over Google (or vice-versa). Apps CAN be installed on Android from outside the Google Play Store (in fact the Amazon Appstore can be installed on vanilla Android via the Google Play store) regardless if some might find it "scary' to do so. So I repeat: what antitrust laws are Google and or Apple currently at risk of violating?

They're not working together (at least not so far), so the notion of a "duopoly" is irrelevant RE antitrust. And "clunky" isn't relevant either. There ARE choices. The fact that we don't like any of those choices (for both users and vendors) is neither here nor there.

04-09-2022, 03:05 PM	#26
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,622 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm not arguing that it doesn't suck. I'm asking for specific examples of how it's violating American anti-trust laws. No one is being forced to used apps, no one is being forced to choose Apple over Google (or vice-versa). Apps CAN be installed on Android from outside the Google Play Store (in fact the Amazon Appstore can be installed on vanilla Android via the Google Play store) regardless if some might find it "scary' to do so. So I repeat: what antitrust laws are Google and or Apple currently at risk of violating? They're not working together (at least not so far), so the notion of a "duopoly" is irrelevant RE antitrust. And "clunky" isn't relevant either. There ARE choices. The fact that we don't like any of those choices (for both users and vendors) is neither here nor there. Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-09-2022 at 04:14 PM.