>However that's censorship. And it's OK as long as controlled platforms are a minority, but when it becomes a monopolizing problem leaving consumers with no choices left, then it should really be against the law.
I have trouble accepting this argument. Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Amazon are not preventing the production of that content. They're simply refusing to sell it, which is their prerogative.
That's not censorship, at all. It's no different from any of the major big-box chains refusing to sell things because of content.
The issue isn't so much that they won't be selling it, the issue is that you won't be allowed to have it on your computer at all.
Since people are going to increasingly consume things on computers this provides a level of censorship power that would disgust people if it were proposed by a government.
I have trouble accepting this argument. Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Amazon are not preventing the production of that content. They're simply refusing to sell it, which is their prerogative.
That's not censorship, at all. It's no different from any of the major big-box chains refusing to sell things because of content.