tundraboy

I called my senator's office and very politely, but vehemently, registered my very strong objections to the side-loading feature of this legislation.

Google offering a VPN service.  Now I've seen everything.

brian.on.android said:

I think people would lay off Apple if they would just allow third party payment systems fully.

Developers already spend $99+ a year for distribution of their apps in the app store. 3rd party payments require $0 for Apple to maintain because they use zero of Apple's infrastructure outside of the phone you already paid for.

Apple doesn't need to take a cut in your entire business.

Third party payments is a separate issue from charging commissions.  Apple can still go ahead, and the courts said they have every right to do so, and charge a commission.  It will just be a more complicated process but it can be done, the app developer will just pay Apple from their pockets rather than have the app customer dig into theirs.

Now if you are asking the government to make it illegal for Apple to charge app developers for using Apple's platform to make money, then you will have to make it illegal for Walmart to stop me from setting up a sales kiosk at the Walmart lobby and not pay them a dime.

Can Microsoft please tell us first what product is it that Apple has a monopoly in so that we can prepare for the coming Apple antitrust armageddon that they are so worried about?

Democracies should not have super secret intelligence agencies.  Democracies can have super secret intelligence ops but agencies should be publicly known so that they can be held accountable if and when they misbehave.

So many people do not understand what liberal democracy (the type of government that western countries claim to practice) really means.