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They’re NOT getting away because they’re nowhere near dominant. This doesn’t apply to them at all, because they don’t license iOS or make deals with manufacture
by HatchedLake721 9y ago
They’re NOT getting away because they’re nowhere near dominant. This doesn’t apply to them at all, because they don’t license iOS or make deals with manufacturers to push Safari as a default choice. Apple builds their own hardware, so they can ship whatever they want on it. Microsoft on the other hand, dictated hardware manufacturers what software should be installed on it.
- ghaff 9y agoThere have been cases where you can't tie products together if you're considered to have a dominant market position. See e.g. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/473/908/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/473/908/ In this case, a minicomputer manufacturer was deemed to be prohibited from refusing to sell an OS to a clone manufacturer. Long time ago and I suspect it would not go the same way today if Apple were to refuse to sell its OS to a clone maker. (And, yes, Hackintoshes etc. but they've never reached this level of the legal system.)