• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Repeating my own comment back to me in a way that doesn’t even make sense doesn’t make you witty, it makes you look like someone who doesn’t know how to interract with people like an adult.

    You never addressed my comment at all. Apple isn’t abusing their dominant market position by putting what they want on their own phones.

    Google is abusing their market position by forcing other OEMs to do what Google wants, knowing they have no other choice.

    Do you understand now?

    If you want Apple to be punished, write some new laws, because they aren’t breaking the one Google is.

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      Writing a comment that conveys absolutely nothing doesn’t make you witty, it makes you look like you have nothing to say to defend your position. Repeating it back is an attempt to illustrate that to you.

      You never addressed my comment at all.

      I clearly did. You, on the other hand, did not address my response.

      Apple is not using their market position to force anything on anybody or any OEM

      Apple isn’t abusing their dominant market position by putting what they want on their own phones.

      They’re abusing their market position by disallowing any software that’s not distributed according to Apple’s demands and forcing them to pay their exorbitant Apple tax for the great honor of distributing software on their platform. This unnecessarily drives up the costs for consumers and developers in order to further line Apple’s pockets.

      I honestly don’t know any way to explain this other than the way I already have: You can’t call Google anti-competitive for trying to control the way they deal with alternative app stores, and then claim Apple does nothing wrong when they don’t even allow other app stores in the first place? Like, I just don’t understand how that computes in your brain…

      You can’t have a successful Android device without the Play store,

      You literally can’t have a device at all with the Apple Store…

      The fact that Google is getting punished and Apple is not is not just hypocritical but also motivates other businesses to emulate Apple’s “walled garden” ideology.

      they aren’t breaking the one Google is.

      They’re breaking the exact same ones, in regards to how software is distributed in their ecosystem.

      Do you understand now?

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        I really don’t know how you aren’t grasping this.

        Apple isn’t forcing anybody to do anything, because they make their own device. (iPhones are made by Apple).

        Google is forcing OEMs to do all sorts of things, because they have no choice but to use Android/the play store. (Other phones, e.g. Samsung’s Galaxy S series, aren’t made by Google).

        Do you understand? I’m not sure I can make this any more simple. What’s going on in your head that’s not letting you understand this?

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          I really don’t know how you aren’t grasping this.

          Apple isn’t forcing anybody to do anything

          They are, and I’ve already explained how they are, several times. Come on, man, my comment isn’t that long. Just read it.

          because they have no choice but to use Android/the play store

          They have no choice because Apple does not make iOS/Apple Store available to anyone else…

          If Google did what Apple did (or did not in this case), those other OEMs would have zero choices and wouldn’t even exist

          Google is creating competition for themselves, where Apple refuses to even engage.

          Do you understand? I’m not sure I can make this any more simple. What’s going on in your head that’s not letting you understand this?

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            They are, and I’ve already explained how they are, several times.

            And you were wrong.

            They have no choice because Apple does not make iOS/Apple Store available to anyone else…

            People and companies are not compelled to open source their software. Apple doesn’t have to open source iOS or offer it on other devices if they don’t want to. Same goes for Sony/Xbox/Nintendo.

            If I code a game, it’s not illegal for me to keep the source code to myself.

            If Google did what Apple did (or did not in this case), those other OEMs would have zero choices and wouldn’t even exist

            No, if Google had done what Apple did, nobody would’ve flocked to Android in the first place, and we’d have more competition. Do you think there were no phone makers before Android or something?

            It’s incredible how you still don’t get it despite me very clearly explaining it multiple times.

            Apple. Is. Not. Imposing. Terms. On. Phonemakers.

            Google is. Because their dominant market position allows them to.

            If Google did this only for their own Pixel line, it would be fine.

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              And you were wrong.

              I’m not, you just don’t like it.

              People and companies are not compelled to open source their software.

              No one is saying they are, but when one does, and the other doesn’t, the former hands themselves a shitton of competition. They become more competitive. They created a whole market of competition for themselves. All they’ve done is put restrictions on how people use their software they’ve licensed other OEMs to use. Again, not saying these restrictions aren’t anti-competitive, but Apple does none of this, so how can Google be called anti-competitive while Apple is not?

              Do you think there were no phone makers before Android or something?

              We’re not discussing “before Android”. We’re discussing today. If Apple opens their OS to other OEMs, or allows other developers to publish on iOS, I’ll take back everything, but they’ve made it very clear they have zero intention of doing any of those things.

              Apple. Is. Not. Imposing. Terms. On. Phonemakers.

              They. Can’t. Impose. Terms. For. Things. They. Don’t. Allow. To. Exist. In. The. First. Place.

              You can’t claim one is being anti-competitive for imposing terms on a service they created and open-sourced while the other doesn’t even allow for a service to exist to impose them on. That goes for iOS and it goes for alternative app stores.

              Google is. Because their dominant market position allows them to.

              Apple doesn’t allow alternative app stores or alternative hardware because their dominant market position allows them to. A significantly larger market when we’re talking about hardware…

              It’s incredible how you still don’t get it despite me very clearly explaining it multiple times.

              You’re clearly unable to comprehend what I’m telling you so let’s call it a day. Bye.

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                It’s not abusing your market position to not open source your own software. If I make a game, I don’t have to let people have the source code. How don’t you understand this?

                I’ve explained many times why Google’s options are abusive of their market position and Apple’s aren’t. You’re just unable to understand, it’s like talking to a brick wall.