“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public imagination. So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t?”

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    11 months ago

    Google claimed to be open but ran backroom deals to ensure low competition. In doing so it proved its weight in the industry could squash competition, proving its monopoly, which is illegal.

    Apple never made claims it was open.

    As simple as. Toss in one case was decided by a jury, and the other a judge, and you’ll quickly see neither are related.

    Basically your question was nonsense from the jump, and pushed by blogs and the like to get idiots to click. Had you read the news, you’d get it. By why read when others will explain it for ya.

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      11 months ago

      This is a discussion forum. Sometimes an obvious question sparks conversation well beyond the original topic. But someone needs to ask the question first. You don’t have to be rude. Just scroll right past.

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      11 months ago

      hello fellow lemming,

      i’m sharing an article that i thought is interesting, on a related community.

      i quoted a paragraph from the article, i am not asking a question.

      sharing an article won’t even necessarily mean that i agree with it.

      only those who care about “clicks” blame others for doing things for clicks. I don’t give a damn about clicks.

      what the fuck is wrong with you?!

    • evo@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      By why read when others will explain it for ya.

      Isn’t that also what reading the news is???