Apple Accused of Running a ‘Walled Garden’ Monopoly in Canada | iPhone in Canada
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Looks like Canadians are attempting to break down Apple’s App Store dominance here as well, and not just in the U.S. The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, better known as CIPPIC, has filed an application asking for permission to bring a case under the Competition Act, accusing Apple of abusing its dominant

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, or CIPPIC, is described as “Canada‘s first and only public interest technology law clinic” and is operated out of University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law

Peter Nowak is also covering this at his substack.

  • grey_maniac@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Instead of fining giant corporations, punish them by requiring them to provide a fixed percentage (not dollar amount) of voting shares to the judging government per violation. Too many violations and the corporation ends up a wholly owned subsidiary of whatever nations punish them. Shareholders will fight to make sure the corporations are compliant. Or, we end up with nationalized corporations, reduced shareholder capitalism, and fewer oligarchs.