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.

  • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yeah… So I read through that, and those aren’t the “pretty serious issues” you think they are.

    To be clear, they aren’t inconsequential, but they’re not “serious”.

    For example, complaining about the UX doesn’t equate to a security problem. A lower target for the Android API also doesn’t equate to security issues. It can be a contributing factor to security, but if your device can’t even install a lower API then that’s not an issue anyways.

    There are some valid points made by the author, but a lot of it is sabre rattling by making those points seem like dangerous security mountains.

    Edit: spelling