Look, it's simple: I trust Apple and Google to self-regulate the use of their monopoly power about exactly as much as people trusted Microsoft, AT&T, Standard Oil, Western Union, ... to do so in the past.
Monopolies are bad, it's such a simple insight of economic history, why the hell did we stop applying antitrust regulations?
Look, it's simple: I trust Apple and Google to self-regulate the use of their monopoly power about exactly as much as people trusted Microsoft, AT&T, Standard Oil, Western Union, ... to do so in the past.
Monopolies are bad, it's such a simple insight of economic history, why the hell did we stop applying antitrust regulations?
Recommended book: The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
It's a shame that this has to be dealt with so much in the court of public opinion and not, like, the court of law.
For sure, that's a poor substitute