> I was hoping to publish my new game on the store and charge for it, but their review process is so broken, I think I'll stick to fdroid and itch.io.
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. -- Princess Leia
Not really, unless paying users switch to alternative stores, which they don't just because I as a developer face friction in publishing to Google Play.
In fact, Google is making alternative stores even less convenient with their latest 'side-loading' hurdles.
Regulators need to wake up, issue record fines, mandate equal access and a 'Choose your app stores' screen on device setup.
Otherwise competitive third party stores and a fair market are going to remain a pipe dream.
They don't need record fines. They need to be liquidated and their entire c-suite and board of directors barred from serving in any executive management capacity of any business more complex than a sole proprietorship.
Hey I like this idea. What about proper taxation so businesses and the rich pay their fair share, workers on the board of a company and how about we enforce some antitrust laws.
I'd also love it if we also enforced existing regulations with teeth. Like of your data center doesn't have a permit for a gas turbine and you run them anyway instead of saying "oh well, you can run them until we settle in court" we toss the CEO in jail to think about their lapse in ethics
If there's a way to do that that doesn't require arbitrary thresholds that won't stand the test of time or in any way screw over regular people's investments, I'd love to hear about it.
How about a progressive tax on unrealized gains above inflation-adjusted $X million?
It's an arbitrary threshold for the start point but it ramps up slowly and uses marginal rates so normal people won't get screwed, and the adjustment makes it time proof. If it ends up catching small business owners then raise the limit until they're safe, or do it as a minimum tax rate instead of adding on to existing taxes.
The other option is limiting total comp inside a company to 5x or 10x median, like they do in the Nordics. But then you would also have to regulate the cash/stock mix, so a fast growing company can't pay its executives in shares when normal workers get stuck holding cash.
Or "just" have strong unions and enforced antitrust laws, we need them anyway but IMO they would take too long to reverse the inequality we already have.
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user43928 · · focus · HN ↗
In fact, Google is making alternative stores even less convenient with their latest 'side-loading' hurdles.
Regulators need to wake up, issue record fines, mandate equal access and a 'Choose your app stores' screen on device setup.
Otherwise competitive third party stores and a fair market are going to remain a pipe dream.
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malfist · · focus · HN ↗
I'd also love it if we also enforced existing regulations with teeth. Like of your data center doesn't have a permit for a gas turbine and you run them anyway instead of saying "oh well, you can run them until we settle in court" we toss the CEO in jail to think about their lapse in ethics
MrDrMcCoy · · focus · HN ↗
If there's a way to do that that doesn't require arbitrary thresholds that won't stand the test of time or in any way screw over regular people's investments, I'd love to hear about it.
tancop · · focus · HN ↗
It's an arbitrary threshold for the start point but it ramps up slowly and uses marginal rates so normal people won't get screwed, and the adjustment makes it time proof. If it ends up catching small business owners then raise the limit until they're safe, or do it as a minimum tax rate instead of adding on to existing taxes.
The other option is limiting total comp inside a company to 5x or 10x median, like they do in the Nordics. But then you would also have to regulate the cash/stock mix, so a fast growing company can't pay its executives in shares when normal workers get stuck holding cash.
Or "just" have strong unions and enforced antitrust laws, we need them anyway but IMO they would take too long to reverse the inequality we already have.