• atomWood@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m not really sure that’s a fair argument. Android generally pushes Google Play, and Samsung devices push Samsung pay. Sure, Android has more choices, but it’s still device manufacturers pushing their own products.

    Of course Apple should allow competition within their ecosystem, but Samsung and Google are basically doing the exact same thing.

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      1 year ago

      “Pushing” their services is one thing. Blocking access to the NFC, as Apple does with iPhones, is much worse. IMHO, neither should be permitted.

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      1 year ago

      I mostly agree, but then I think about how I have a Samsung phone but can still use Google Wallet instead of Samsung Pay because it’s an open ecosystem. They both push their own products, but the end user is ultimately able to use whatever product they want. This is clearly not the case for Apple, which is what I’m guessing the case is about.

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        1 year ago

        It has to be this. As a non apple device user, I can use ANY pay system EXCEPT Apple pay. You must own an apple device to use it. There might be some roundabout way on PC with iTunes, but even if there is, it’s unaccessible on a phone.

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        1 year ago

        I definitely agree, all I meant is I think they should probably also be going after other companies as well.

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      1 year ago

      If we’re following your argument, the logical conclusion would be fuck all of them. So there’s no point in complaining when that’s 1/3.

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        1 year ago

        My argument is that we should be going after more than just Apple. Apple is clearly the most at fault here, but that shouldn’t excuse companies like Google and Samsung.

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          1 year ago

          The head of the FTC gets a lot of flak from the elite enforcing antitrust laws. But they do get them eventually. They JUST started the Amazon antitrust filing and Google got hit with a suit over their Ads business.