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"Anyway, there is a competitor to the App Store, it's the Play Store and it's available to any consumer who wishes to shop there." Except Android apps don't wo
by lightedman 10y ago
"Anyway, there is a competitor to the App Store, it's the Play Store and it's available to any consumer who wishes to shop there."
Except Android apps don't work on iPhone.
- sjwright 10y agoWhat a remarkable insight. The thing is, the law doesn't concern itself with iOS app sales, but rather the overall market of app sales. Is the overall market of app sales healthy? Yes, it most certainly is. The reality is Apple doesn't control the marketplace of mobile apps. They don't even have a majority of it. People are free to choose whatever handset they like. And they do.
- lightedman 10y ago"People are free to choose whatever handset they like. And they do." Except for those tied to a specific device for work reasons. Blackberry, anyone (that is, back in the day?)
- lightedman 10y agoAnd meanwhile, my point is proven: "The policy also applies to private phones used by employees for work purposes" Thank you Deutsche Bank for the vindication. http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/deutsche-bank-switches-off-text-messaging-20170113-gtrdg9.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/deutsche-...
- dragonwriter 10y agoActually, the law defines monopoly or market power by whether a firm has pricing power (the ability to raise prices without sales moving to a competitor) for its goods. If non-iOS apps aren't competitors to which people move in response to price increases for iOS apps, then they wouldn't be the same market for anti-trust analysis.
- tarboreus 10y agoThis is incorrect. The question is whether they have a monopoly on apps on the platform, not whether they have a monopoly on handsets.