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Apple has the money to effectively be an incumbent for this purpose. So their statement is anything but self serving.
by larkost 9y ago
Apple has the money to effectively be an incumbent for this purpose. So their statement is anything but self serving.
- leggomylibro 9y agoMy point is sort of that they have historically been an incumbent, which prevented them from speaking out about this sort of thing. Now that they are trying to break into a new market and stand to lose a lot of money from higher barriers to entry, of course they come out against them. It's extremely self-serving.
- IBM 9y agoApple has been selling music and video on iTunes for 14 years. Spending $1B on content doesn't change anything for them.
- curt15 9y agoBut even incumbent status wouldn't help a pure content provider if the sole ISP of a region decides to slow down or artificially data-cap traffic from that provider while transmitting its own content at full speed.