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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
To make it explicit, these actions are *corrupt*. They are corrupt because they almost always require the application of government power (and/or unjust inaction) to create situations in which public capacity is abused for private ends.
Or said differently, the way modern mobile duopolists make money is by closing off access to APIs from browsers (and other metaplatforms) that could disrupt them with openness through competition.
And they require government support to maintain unjust power.