On: Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

[jpttsn]

What platform is big enough to break up the big platforms?

[swebs → jpttsn]

The United States Federal Trade Commission.

[jpttsn → swebs]

Mhm. And shouldn’t they, then, be broken up as well?

Which monopoly breaks up the monopoly upbreakers?

[swebs → jpttsn]

Broken up into what? It's a government agency that already has a narrow scope of operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission

[im3w1l → jpttsn]

Difference is that FTC's mission is to serve the people, and they are appointed through a democratic process.

[jayyhu → jpttsn]

In this scenario, I was thinking the federal government either through legislation, or executive action.

However, I'm not trying to push any political agenda, I just thought it was interesting that this was a good example of tech platforms being too powerful.