Comment on Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoLess than a month to make a massive software overhaul was an insane order.
It cannot be safely done without actual lead time.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Just another example of how judicial systems are run by ignorant dinosaurs who don’t understand how anything works (e.g. series of tubes). You’d expect a judge presiding over this type of case to make a ruling after seeking advice from domain experts; on what was in the realm of possibility.
If Google were motivated to do this voluntarily, I’d expect it to be a 6-12 month project, at the very least.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I still don’t see how there’s a possible argument for making them actually distribute app stores, either.
Removing some of the (accurate) information that you need to trust an App Store to allow it to install and update apps, whatever. Limiting their ability to abuse their market dominance to control the behavior/hardware of hones that ship with them, great. But actually making them distribute content is wild.