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Ask HN: Why is not allowing iMessage on Android not an antitrust violation?
Certainly seems like anticompetitive behavior.
Not having iMessage is by far the main reason I haven't switched to Android
- montrose 9y agoAnticompetitive behavior is only illegal when practiced by a company with a monopoly.
- pepsi 9y agoWhy is not releasing Mario Party on Playstation not an antitrust violation? Certainly seems like anticompetitive behavior.
- fulafel 9y agoApple has a small market share, something like 15%, and the rest is Android.
- aurizon 9y agoYes, this is the Apple "Walled Garden" philosophy, which can be looked at as (a) Apple make no money off it, so why allow it? But Apple can sell apps on Android if they wish. (b) Android security is so bad for the safety of all IOS users we must guard it well. Added together, Apple can act in an antitrust manner if it wants to, everyone likes to shoot fish in a barrel, and it would take 5 years of litigation to change it - unless some Government body can decide to do it
- bdcravens 9y ago> act in an antitrust manner Only possible if you have a monopoly.
- bdcravens 9y agoFor the same reason it wasn't an antitrust concern with Blackberry Messenger (cross platform now, but not until 2013; before that it was one of the compelling features that kept many on the Blackberry platform)
- bradknowles 9y agoApple wrote the application, and runs the servers on the back end to support it. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to choose where they should port that software? Should they be forced to port it to Windows? Should they be forced to port it to Linux? Maybe they should be forced to port it to plain old analog telephone systems?
- pm24601 9y agoIANAL: As I understand it, Anticompetitive behavior is tied to proactive actions that a company took; including actions to block others. Apple is simply choosing to focus their efforts on their platform.