The App Store was always authoritarian
15 hours ago
- #Tech Monopoly
- #Digital Markets Act
- #Apple
- Apple censors its App Store at the behest of the Trump administration without resistance.
- Apple's actions are driven by desires for government-provided benefits like tariff exemptions and avoidance of pro-competition regulations.
- The Digital Markets Act (DMA) threatens Apple by promoting interoperability, which could undermine the App Store's monopoly.
- Apple suppresses web applications (PWAs) to maintain control over app distribution and revenue.
- The tech press fails to critically analyze Apple's power and its implications for democracy and competition.
- Apple's authoritarian control over iOS mirrors high-modernist ideologies, prioritizing order and control over user freedom.
- Google collaborates with Apple in suppressing web technologies, despite its own history of undermining open platforms.
- The tech press's lack of scrutiny enables Apple and Google to maintain their monopolistic practices without accountability.