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Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by celmit@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] monk@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] BURN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)