John Gruber (yes, the Apple loyalist) pointed out that the Japanese law specifically exempts game consoles, and suggested the US retaliating by passing a law requiring third-party app stores on the PlayStation and Switch. Which probably won’t happen, but would be entertaining if it did.
Awesome 👍
its the one opening Microsoft wants. if they can manage to be able to get gamepass on the devices, itll get what it wants (more subscribers) in virtue of having more devices it is officially on.
while i dont think it would happen, if it were thrown up in the air, companies like microsoft and epic would 100% be backing it up
This is the Brussels effect at work, everyone.
An amazing thing, to be honest
Interesting line:
“Japan's move follows a trend of international legislative efforts aimed at regulating the dominance of major tech companies. The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the UK's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill are similar initiatives designed to foster competition and prevent monopolistic practices. Various antitrust cases in the United States are also targeting similar issues.”
Japan: Well America cleary isn't going to do it so fuck it we'll do it live!
So, are they going to force Nintendo and PlayStation to do this as well? No?
They won't and they can't do this to Japanese megacorps.
Nintendo orders the police to raid places on the mere suspicion of rom selling.
It's a whole different case.
It's really not. At the end of the day, they're all consumer electronics devices with general purpose operating systems with unnecessary restrictions to enforce a monopoly on software installs.
To be consistent, it should apply to consoles just the same as phones and tablets.
Hm, I imagined it would be different since a phone these days is kinda a requirement to have (at least in this country) and a gaming console isn't
Whether it's a "requirement" shouldn't be the metric, the nature and capabilities of it should. If the device can reasonably support customer choice and competition, it should.
I see, thanks
I take it they finally moved on from 1990 in the government?
Still waiting on a fax from them to confirm.
And elsewhere people are in defense of Vale, which is accused of tying sales, pricing clauses and excessive tarrifs.
Good that these walled gardens are being broken open, as it not only allows for direct competition, it also required companies to think about safety and security. It is high time that apps are "containerized" and users given direct control over what is accessible to an app and what not. And if data is accessed that it is transparent what data is collected.
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