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I'm trying to figure out if I feel Apple was in the wrong also. On the one hand they seem complicit in keeping other LTE vendors down. But on the other hand, w
by JustSomeNobody 9y ago
I'm trying to figure out if I feel Apple was in the wrong also. On the one hand they seem complicit in keeping other LTE vendors down. But on the other hand, why would you not take the deal? Someone is supplying you all the LTE chips you need and a bucket of cash. That's good for business.
- tpush 9y ago> But on the other hand, why would you not take the deal? Because it's literally and trivially illegal?
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoThen why isn't Apple getting fined? Has it just not been announced, maybe?
- idbehold 9y agoI'm guessing it's because purchasing good/services from a company abusing its dominant market position isn't illegal.
- matt4077 9y agoApple, being Qualcomm's customer, would seem to actually be the injured party here. There's some debate in this thread about Apple actually coming up with the idea for exclusivity, but I'm not sure if that's actually relevant. Analogy: The town's only supermarket is outrageously expensive. You tell the owner "give me $100 per month for the next 10 years, and I'll never go to another shop", because you can't get to another shop anyway and need to somehow lower food prices. Then, 10 years later, a second store opens, you've started to grow your own potatoes, and you can actually risk ruining your relationship to the shop owner by telling the authorities that they have been gauging everyone.