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Correct me if I'm wrong here but a company can't dictate what you do on your own time on your own hardware, so I assume this simply affects work computers. Assuming thats the case I don't really see a problem here. I've never been able to download any applications at all on any work computer I've ever used short of apps the company itself uses.
Seems completely understandable to me to bar employees from using a competing service especially if there are genuine security concerns.
Absolutely. Companies have every right to control what tools are authorized to use on their hardware, and what touches their data or users data. It could be as complex as security or as simple as don't use a competing service, but it all makes sense. Don't tell me how use my stuff and I won't tell you how to use yours.
If it's BYOD then that's another multiple layers of cans of worms not worth getting into.