alt Hacker NewsA functioning government committed to free markets would mandate unlocked devices.
The unregulated market naturally coalesces into oligopolies or monopolies and doesn’t fix issues like this.
A functioning government committed to free markets would mandate unlocked devices.
The unregulated market naturally coalesces into oligopolies or monopolies and doesn’t fix issues like this.
Regulators have been asleep for the last two decades while Apple and Google continue to extort 30% taxes from developers.
There was a glimmer of hope with the DMA but regulators are again asleep, emboldening Google to cripple app installation outside of their store and force developers to enter into a contract with Google to distribute from the developer's own website.