> For all the hacker new commenters, who have been commenting on this topic, for the year that the drama has been going on, and were convinced that Apple and Google were going to win this fight.... well you need to re-evaluate what made you think that.
Or perhaps you need to go re-read the comments? I don't recall people writing "Apple and Google are in the right and deserve to win" as much as I recall people writing "Apple and Google are wrong and deserve to lose" and "30% is unfair os they deserve to lose", and people pointing out that the current system does have benefits.
I recall people saying that they don't think their behaviour is outright illegal, or doesn't qualify as antitrust in the US. Obviously regulation supersedes this.
In fact, making regulatory laws to force changes in the way they are behaving, implies that it's not illegal now, so seems to vindicate the people saying that?
Or perhaps you need to go re-read the comments? I don't recall people writing "Apple and Google are in the right and deserve to win" as much as I recall people writing "Apple and Google are wrong and deserve to lose" and "30% is unfair os they deserve to lose", and people pointing out that the current system does have benefits.
I recall people saying that they don't think their behaviour is outright illegal, or doesn't qualify as antitrust in the US. Obviously regulation supersedes this.
In fact, making regulatory laws to force changes in the way they are behaving, implies that it's not illegal now, so seems to vindicate the people saying that?