Big tech companies have spent this decade being dragged through antitrust and regulatory actions that have put all their dirty laundry on display so of course that is going to influence conversations about things they now do that stack things more in their favour!
It was only a few months ago that Google being forcibly separated from Android was on the table in the DOJ antitrust case in which they were convicted of search and advertising monopoly abuse, and only a few months ago they were convicted of abusing their Android monopoly separately to that in the Epic antitrust case.
I think it is entirely natural their plans to make it harder to use software from outside their app store - at obvious benefit to themselves - is going to be steeped in controversy and skepticism.
Separately to Google, many questionable things about Meta have been revealed too, and Apple's regulatory battles have heated up all over the world, of course these will influence discussions about what else they are doing. Microsoft have also earned a lot of disdain. They choose these courses of action, and conversation about them and their intentions and their motives is rightfully coloured by it.
It was only a few months ago that Google being forcibly separated from Android was on the table in the DOJ antitrust case in which they were convicted of search and advertising monopoly abuse, and only a few months ago they were convicted of abusing their Android monopoly separately to that in the Epic antitrust case.
I think it is entirely natural their plans to make it harder to use software from outside their app store - at obvious benefit to themselves - is going to be steeped in controversy and skepticism.
Separately to Google, many questionable things about Meta have been revealed too, and Apple's regulatory battles have heated up all over the world, of course these will influence discussions about what else they are doing. Microsoft have also earned a lot of disdain. They choose these courses of action, and conversation about them and their intentions and their motives is rightfully coloured by it.