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by ece 5y ago
Exactly why there should be regulation like OAMA, EU DMA, etc..
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by ece 5y ago
Completely agree here. If you think the acquisitions have been the problem, splitting up those parts makes sense, primarily for Facebook, and possibly certain Amazon/Google/Apple acquisitions too. I think a separate Instagram, Waz
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Steve Jobs: Let's force Amazon to use our payment system (2010)(twitter.com)
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by ece 5y ago
This must be what the Merovingian codes in.
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by ece 5y ago
Most caches are going to have logic for tagging, eviction and invalidation for multiple other purposes, so this makes sense to do. There's some more accounting each core and L2 cache might have to do, but if the interconnect is up to t
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by ece 5y ago
I think it's hilarious that for as long as iOS has existed, there have been people pointing out it's pitfalls in nuanced ways, and almost nobody listened. Now that everything they've said has pretty much come to pass about us
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by ece 5y ago
Ebay and Amazon take ~10%, you can also sell on your own website through advertising. No options exist for mobile app devs other than the two app stores on two platforms, except for Samsung and Amazon device owners which offer their own sto
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by ece 5y ago
30% isn't unfair if you provide enough services, it's the lack of competition stemming from iOS being closed that's the problem. Google _had_ to do what Apple did with 15% for small developers. Google didn't do it on the
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by ece 5y ago
I think devices, OSes, apps and services are all retail products. The extent to which Apple sells a locked down device is the the extent to which it's trying to unfairly control multiple secondary markets. It's irrelevant how easy
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by ece 5y ago
You'll notice I compared with Microsoft, another maker of an OS. I don't think analogies work that well when comparing something that is Turing complete vs. not. Fitness apps compete with gyms, movie apps compete with theaters, le
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by ece 5y ago
I have a choice about where to buy groceries, a meal, clothes, and books. Is it really that hard to understand Apple's hegemony on iOS should be regulated similar to the way Microsoft was.. I guess for Apple stockholders it might be di
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by ece 5y ago
I do think Steam can charge more because it offers more good services for users than any other app/game store: search/discovery features that have gotten better over time, per game communities/mods, tons of social features in
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by ece 5y ago
Steam is doing this 30%-20%, and it seems to be working fine of them.. so far. I generally think volume discounts come a bit too close to price fixing, if proven in court. Granted, it's tough to prove, as we've seen in Intel vs. A
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by ece 5y ago
Or a GOG-like service for movies and shows.
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by ece 5y ago
> I’ve been around long enough to know what happens to Apple when they aren’t selling what people want. This doesn't mean much. Other companies go through tough periods too, Windows Me, AMD *dozer, etc..
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by ece 5y ago
Essential did the same thing with the PH-1. I think Google has been trying, and with their own SoC, maybe they will finally be able to accomplish this goal.
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by ece 5y ago
You test for it with rigor and incorporate new learning, just like every other engineering discipline.
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by ece 5y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27874100
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by ece 5y ago
Here are the remarks he delivered before signing the order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTlzbKpidU
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by ece 5y ago
I wonder if KASAN could've helped here.
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by ece 5y ago
I'll leave the difference between "skim" and "read" be. I've read quite a bit of the documentation from court listener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17442392/epic-games-inc...
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by ece 5y ago
I did wrongly assume the brief you mention (Shah vs VHS San Antonio) was submitted in the Epic case but it wasn't. I did skim it and found it relevant on the subject of tying. All I can say is it's a bit confusing, linking to said
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by ece 5y ago
> law is established to disallow walled gardens of technology platforms Like I said, this is already disallowed under the Sherman act, and regulation will make it explicit. If an OS maker had sued Apple for tying a device to the OS, it w
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by ece 5y ago
The tech press could do a better job here IMO, I think this article is ok: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/05/23/the-epic-v... Rules can be better defined and updated, so I don't th
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by ece 5y ago
The Epic case is a slam dunk, Apple has monopolized the iOS app distribution market since the beginning of the iPhone. Epic is just the first one with motive and the money to bring a challenge against Apple. Yes, after a couple of decades o
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by ece 5y ago
If it's anti-competitive at 95% market share, it's anti-competitive at 50%. Your position is hypocritical and wrong. Everyone should follow the same rules, not make up their own.
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by ece 5y ago
This is a meaningless argument, like I said, innovation and upkeep isn't free. Software requires just as much infrastructure, tooling, and optimization as making a physical good. Your code will bit rot in weeks or months if you don&#x2
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by ece 5y ago
If the only barrier to entry was money, that would be understandable, but facing artificial roadblocks like those Tile faced seems pretty avoidable with better anti-trust regulation. I also don't think making software or making a platf
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by ece 5y ago
This really makes Samsung Exynos chips with Mali GPUs appealing for Linux use, and hopefully when Exynos with RDNA2 comes out, support will be great there as well. I'm not really seeing Mali GPUs and unlocked bootloader phone options i
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by ece 5y ago
Honestly, who asked for FLoC and the MS alternative (edit: it's PARAKEET)? Why can't ad servers just follow my Do Not Track preferences? Serve me a random ad, or a context based ad if I have Do Not Track set... seems a lot simpler

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