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It's not about market share or dominance or even monopoly. It's about the question of engaging in anti-competitive practices and Apple is guilty of those despi
by notNow 11y ago
It's not about market share or dominance or even monopoly.
It's about the question of engaging in anti-competitive practices and Apple is guilty of those despicable practices.
However, I must say that I am not totally sold on all the examples cited in the ancestor comment esp. that developers having to work exclusively on Mac machines to build for iOS devices because that's on the business side of the equation and mostly motivated by financial gains.
On the other hand, as a consumer I'm severely affected negatively by the restrictions Apple imposing on the browser engines available on their mobile devices and the monopoly Safari WebKit enjoys there and I'm really frustrated by that and by the fact that no one yet went after them for this but when you take into consideration that a lot of the big guns in the system are investing in this evil corporation, things become very obvious to you.
- Ensorceled 11y agoNot going to argue about despicable practices, I don't think Apple is worse than other companies (they are certainly better than most) but the corporate climate world wide right now rewards despicable. Curious, how are you "severely affected" by the Safari WebKit monopoly. I keep hearing people say this and I literally have no idea why this is such a massive problem.
- notNow 11y agoApple is definitely one of the worst transgressors in that regards since its business model is based on "bait & switch" strategy where they fleece their suckers they call customers of their money whether initially in overpriced devices or afterwards in after-sales servicing and parts. Safari WebKit is limited in comparison to Chrome's Blink or FF's Geiko in terms of features available and sadly it accumulated a lot of bugs that are waiting to be fixed since Apple opted to a slow release cycle model unlike the other evergreen vendors. Also worth mentioning that web devs are usually considered power users when it comes to browsers and that's why our use profile and needs differ from that of the ordinary user
- Ensorceled 11y agoI'm a sucker. Never had any problems with apples prices. Certainly NEVER had any problems with the after-sales services. Huh, I'm a web dev and never really had any extraordinary problems with Mobile Safari. Oh, there have been bugs, but that's true of all browsers. Plus, as a web dev, what I install on my devices is irrelevant.
- stouset 11y agoYour entire thesis flies in the face of the 95%+ customer satisfaction ratings Apple carries for essentially all of the devices they sell. People aren't getting fleeced. They buy Apple products because Apple products repeatedly and consistently satisfy them.
- matthewmacleod 11y agoNo. That is simply not the case. Companies are free to engage in 'anti-competitive' practices if they don't have too much power over the market. Think about it – how many businesses will offer you a discount if you buy multiple services from them? That's basically the same thing, right?
- notNow 11y agoCompanies are free to engage in 'anti-competitive' practices if they don't have too much power over the market. That's completely untrue. If the shop owner around the corner in your hood colluded with other shop owners to fix prices and they're caught, they will be in a lot of trouble. So, anti-competitive behavior is not about monopoly or market dominance, it's about the act itself.
- Ensorceled 11y agoThat's collusion not anti-competitive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices
- plonh 11y agoYou linked to a page that lists "collusiom" under the heading "anti-competitive practices".