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.

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, Apple has a lot of shitty restrictions in its walled garden. Firefox not being able to use its own rendering engine being a big one for me. And there are plenty more, such as a lack of responsiveness to legitimate devs when they report copycat rip-offs.

    But as the Android ecosystem has shown, a breakdown of the walled garden has seen malware and scams explode in number. Many of the secondary app stores just don’t have the resources and tools to keep users safe.

    Allowing alternative walled gardens is not the answer. Dramatically lowering the barriers to legitimate app developers is.