[HN Gopher] iDOS 3 App Review appeal rejected despite UTM PC Emu...
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       iDOS 3 App Review appeal rejected despite UTM PC Emulator Approval
        
       Author : tech234a
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-07-17 20:29 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (litchie.com)
        
       | p0w3n3d wrote:
       | We're living in times where big companies create (unlawful) law
       | systems (theoretically based on law _somewhere_) and force others
       | to obey (you must agree to our terms), without giving possibility
       | to appeal nor have their rights proven under the real court
       | (because it would be for example too expensive, or because that
       | "you have accepted our terms").
       | 
       | This was funny unless people jobs and lives started to rely on
       | those big companies, and their _de facto_ monopoly (if your store
       | vanishes from Google Maps your store will surely vanish in real
       | life eventually)
        
         | throwaway3306a wrote:
         | How exactly is it unlawful? What law exactly says you have a
         | right for appeal, or any rights to the company services at all?
         | 
         | I don't want to say there isn't room for improvement. But I am
         | not aware of any current law that would mean any of this is
         | unlawful. I'd like to be proven wrong.
        
           | a2128 wrote:
           | EU's DMA recognizes the existence of gatekeepers and is
           | supposed to make this kind of behavior unlawful and require
           | allowing 3rd party app stores as an alternative
        
         | blackeyeblitzar wrote:
         | We have to recognize that companies above a certain amount of
         | revenue or profit or users are as powerful as the government.
         | Let's not waste time debating their practices - their size is
         | itself a problem. Once above some threshold they really should
         | be governed like a public utility.
        
         | ryandrake wrote:
         | They're only requiring their customers/developers/partners to
         | play by their rules, and so far, we still have the ability to
         | choose not to be customers.
         | 
         | Nobody's yet put a gun to my head and forced me to agree to a
         | company's terms of service.
        
       | tech234a wrote:
       | I had to add ?updated to the URL because a previous version of
       | the article was discussed last month [1]. The comments widget on
       | that site appears to vary depending on the exact URL even if the
       | content is the same, so if you want to view the comments and
       | replies placed on the article itself, use the original link:
       | https://litchie.com/2024/04/new-hope
       | 
       | [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40782541
        
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