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Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/at-trial-epic-argues-google-bribed-its-way-to-an-android-app-monopoly

Google says "bribe is a pretty strong word" for efforts to court app developers.

Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening

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monk

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The initialism is decades older than any iDevice. Go complain to people on USENET from before you were born.

bassomitron

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While true, it is a pretty bad acronym. IANAL on mobile is more cumbersome to write than, "I'm no lawyer/I'm not a lawyer," and it's safe to say the majority of folks using social media are on mobile.

BURN

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Not really though. It’s a caps lock + 5 letters. It’s still faster and less cumbersome than a multiple word phrase

hedgehog

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On mobile, the initialism takes a third or less as much time for me vs typing it out.

bassomitron

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You must type it out a lot then, my autocorrect doesn't pick it up.

Jamie

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What if you want to tell someone that you're not a lawyer, but you are into anal? Then it's just efficient.