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This is text book antitrust. Apple runs the most profitable app store, not being on it can severely impact the bottom line of businesses. It's abusing app store

This is text book antitrust. Apple runs the most profitable app store, not being on it can severely impact the bottom line of businesses. It's abusing app store leadership and picking winners on a whim, while hypocritically campaigning for net neutrality. FTC, BBB, Justice department - take note

matte_black 9y ago
Curating an app store is not antitrust.
- dreit1 9y ago
  Curating would be okay if there was literally any other way to distribute an app...
shp0ngle 9y ago
Apple is not a monopoly on a phone market.
- mankash666 9y ago
  The category here is not "phones", but app stores. Apple is certainly a monopoly there - evidence lies in the averse effects on the bottom line of not on the app store.
arkades 9y ago
Apple owns less than 20% (https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor) of the smartphone market, and you can access site-based services via safari. It’s a far cry short of monopoly.
- xigency 9y ago
  Ah, yes, Safari. The only web renderer allowed on the platform. They may hold 20% marketshare but it's an important 20%. Trusts and anticompetitive practices have multiple forms as well.
  - arkades 9y ago
    Yes, it’s an important 20%. The gap between “important 20%” and “monopoly” is enormous.
- scarface74 9y ago
  Why would a restaurant owner in the US care about Apple's world wide market share?
  - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
    Even in the US, iOS' market share is only 45%. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held-by-smartphone-platforms-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held...
    - scarface74 9y ago
      And then you still have to narrow it down even more by your target market. Who's more likely to have more disposable income? https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Data-Mine/iPhone-Users-Earn-Higher-Income-Engage-More-on-Apps-than-Android-Users https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Data-Mine/iPhone-Users-Ear...

matte_black 9y ago

Curating an app store is not antitrust.

dreit1 9y ago
Curating would be okay if there was literally any other way to distribute an app...

shp0ngle 9y ago

Apple is not a monopoly on a phone market.

mankash666 9y ago
The category here is not "phones", but app stores. Apple is certainly a monopoly there - evidence lies in the averse effects on the bottom line of not on the app store.

arkades 9y ago

Apple owns less than 20% (https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor) of the smartphone market, and you can access site-based services via safari. It’s a far cry short of monopoly.

xigency 9y ago
Ah, yes, Safari. The only web renderer allowed on the platform. They may hold 20% marketshare but it's an important 20%. Trusts and anticompetitive practices have multiple forms as well.
- arkades 9y ago
  Yes, it’s an important 20%. The gap between “important 20%” and “monopoly” is enormous.
scarface74 9y ago
Why would a restaurant owner in the US care about Apple's world wide market share?
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago
  Even in the US, iOS' market share is only 45%. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held-by-smartphone-platforms-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held...
  - scarface74 9y ago
    And then you still have to narrow it down even more by your target market. Who's more likely to have more disposable income? https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Data-Mine/iPhone-Users-Earn-Higher-Income-Engage-More-on-Apps-than-Android-Users https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Data-Mine/iPhone-Users-Ear...