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[โ€“] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if they can sue them, but I hope they can get other companies to join. Fighting google in court is a monumental undertaking for a company. But if they can get the EU consumer protection to sue for them, that would be amazing too.

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    They already do, but it takes ages.

    The issue is that small companies โ€” like ours โ€” have pretty much no recourse. Legal actions are too expensive, and a complaint to the EU takes too long. Together with about 40 other businesses and organizations, we filed a complaint about similar anti-competitive behavior in 2021. We are now four years in, and nothing has happened. What do you think happens to a company that releases no updates to its app in four years?

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