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>The core issue is that Apple has created a marketplace for something so pervasive in daily life and has a complete monopoly on it. That is a natural monopoly
by sbuk 10y ago
>The core issue is that Apple has created a marketplace for something so pervasive in daily life and has a complete monopoly on it.
That is a natural monopoly and not unlawful. They do not use the store to leverage position in other markets, which is where antitrust comes into play.
- nrjdhsbsid 10y agoThey actively prevent developers from building their own app stores and competing with apple's own apps. Bell telephone had a similar monopoly. They owned the phone lines and wouldn't allow any non-approved equipment connected. Your view really depends on if you see the phone primarily as a platform for apps or as an "apple phone" with some apps as neat little add-ons. Antitrust comes about when a company has a high enough market share AND uses this market share to bludgeon any competitions. Apple created a market, they own the method of distribution, and they actively use their position to prevent competition with their own products and stop alternative markets from forming. Much like Bell
- meanduck 10y ago> Antitrust comes about when a company has a high enough market share AND uses this market share to bludgeon any competitions. I feel like only a non-elected, inner circle within Govt gets to decide what these condition will return today. Even if the whole country is split 50/50, its only their retval that matters. In ideal society, a legal debate is nothing to be proud of. People's lives/properties depends on it.
- dragonwriter 10y agoIt's not a "natural monopoly" when it is created by restrictive policies attached to another product; that's textbook monopolization by leveraging market power in one market to monoplize a different market which, as you note, is an antitrust violation.