The app stores are monopolies. The FTC absolutely should be slapping them for half the stuff they're doing.
But the app stores still aren't natural monopolies. They wouldn't be monopolies if people could install apps the same way they do on desktops. There is no need to regulate their content, what's needed is to restore normal competition to those markets.
The app stores are monopolies. The FTC absolutely should be slapping them for half the stuff they're doing.
But the app stores still aren't natural monopolies. They wouldn't be monopolies if people could install apps the same way they do on desktops. There is no need to regulate their content, what's needed is to restore normal competition to those markets.