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Google Says Opening Up Its App Store Is Expensive And Too Much Work, Gets Told By Judge, 'We're Going To Tear The Barriers Down' (www.benzinga.com)

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Judge James Donato intends to dismantle Google’s Android app store monopoly, following an earlier ruling declaring it illegal.
Google argued that opening its store to competitors would be too costly and complex, but the judge dismissed this claim, emphasizing that barriers will be removed.
Proposed remedies include banning discriminatory practices against rival app stores and setting up a committee to monitor compliance and report regularly.

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[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 2 months ago

i remember the days of the ibm clones,

Sidenote: those clones, and eventually the entire standard PC architecture we know and love today, were possible because IBM fucked up and used common, off the shelf components, with the only proprietary item being their BIOS, which was quickly reverse-engineered. It's not like IBM wanted to shower the world in third party PCs that weren't theirs. That's why they tried again to lock down the market with the PS/2, but failed to dislodge the PC.

In a different universe, we might all be using Acorn or Amiga today.

[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Well, I guess it’s time for a Halt and Catch Fire rewatch again.

[-] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Commodore’s management were way too incompetent for the Amiga to survive, unfortunately.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago

The ghost of Acorn kinda lives on, in our phones and smart toasters.

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