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So is Apple preinstalling iTunes as the default music service antitrust too?
by bduerst 11y ago
So is Apple preinstalling iTunes as the default music service antitrust too?
- nugget 11y agoIf Apple had vast majority of market share, pre-installed iTunes, integrated iTunes functionality throughout the OS so that it had more intuitive prominence than other competing services, then yes, that would be close to the definition of antitrust as I understand it (using dominant control in one market to create or maintain dominant control in a second market). This is what Microsoft was penalized for, appropriately, with Windows and the browser market.
- bduerst 11y agoGot it - that makes much more sense.
- mingfli 11y agoIt could be if iOS or OSX dominated the market share, but I don't think that's the case right now.