• PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    16 hours ago

    You can’t have a platform dictate everything about how it sells merchant wise without having an antitrust involved.

    Didn’t the EU, who have some of the strictest rules in that regard, rule that walled garden ecosystems are allowed in their case against Apple?

    • Pika@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      13 hours ago

      they made the statement with apple but then decided the exact opposite with google. I think Sony will run into similar issues as google, but we will see

      • PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        13 hours ago

        With Google, wasn’t the issue that they were on other devices, or were paying others to use their defaults or something? To be clear, I’m working from memory here, and am too tired to read a bunch of legal stuff to confirm one way or the other.