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DOJ proposes breakup and other big changes to end Google search monopoly
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I really would prefer them to go after Amazon and Apple before Google, or at least all of them at once.
They’re actually going after all of them at the same time. They’re just at different stages in each case.
Apple is not a monopoly in any sense of the word
I don't think Apple's business model fits the definition of "monopoly", but they are a different kind of anti-competitive, in my opinion. Forcing users to use your own ecosystem by forcing competitors to be shittier or nonexistent through technical means is still anti-competitive.
You're not forced to use their phones.
No, which is why I said it's not a monopoly. It's a different form of anti-consumerism.
Yeah, which is why I've never owned an iPhone. Hell, I was pretty big into Apple a while ago, but I never bought into the iOS. The OS convergence is why I completely jumped ship.