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Not when the market is a monopoly.
by danmg 8y ago
Not when the market is a monopoly.
- scarface74 8y agoHow is Apple a “monopoly” with less than 20% of the smart phone market?
- danmg 8y ago100% of that market. The apple app market is not the same as the android app market. They're not in competition with each other. Owners are captive.
- scarface74 8y agoSo does that make every console maker a “monopoly”?
- danmg 8y agoYes. It's only becomes an issue if they're using that to an anti-competitive end.
- scarface74 8y agoSo now you want to get the government involved because Sony didn’t allow cross platform play for the PS4? What type of content will Apple be allowed to ban on its store? Do you want the government telling Apple what they have to allow third parties to access on thier OS? Should the government tell them that every developer should have root access? Access to the Secure Enclave?
- danmg 8y agoIf they're using that to a commercial benefit, to the point of being anti-competitive, over other people who are developing for that platform, yes.
- scarface74 8y agoSo if One Password wanted access to the Secure Enclave should Apple be forced to give it to them? And do you want to set up a “government app review board” to decide on a case by case basis when Apple is denying an app for “competitive reasons”?
- danmg 8y agoThe threat of divesting Apple from their app store should be a threat hanging over their heads, if they choose to engage in anti-competitive activities.
- tptacek 8y agoThat is like saying Hacker News has a monopoly because it is 100% of the Hacker News market.
- danmg 8y agoIt's not.
- anticensor 8y agoNo, it is like saying news.ycombinator.com has a monopoly because it is 100% of the Hacker News market. PS: We really need a community-backed hackernews.org
- tptacek 8y agoGo make one.
- anticensor 8y agoSorry, not enough time nor money. You have enough time to be a moderator of a new HN instance, though.
- tptacek 8y agoI'll get right on that.
- anticensor 8y agoThere is a problem, though: hackernews.org currently redirects to news.ycombinator.com.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoSorry, but this is completely ridiculous. You can slice and dice any market down enough to where one company is a “monopoly”. They’re the only taco store on this block! I demand the government force them to lower their prices so I don’t have to walk more than 50 feet! If you don’t like it, switch to Android. But of course, the real problem is that people don’t want to switch to Android. They want to have their cake and eat it to, but that’s unfair and illogical, so they start slicing down the market to where they can cry monopoly and ask the government to force the business to give them what they want.
- anoncake 8y agoMaybe the government should something about the fact that said taco store controls all real estate within the city and does not allow anyone else to sell food.
- scarface74 8y agoApple doesn’t control the entire smart phone market. Anyone who can get an iPhone can get Android. Hell, for the price of an iPhone you can get two decent Android phones.
- anoncake 8y agoThey control the entire market for Iphone apps. Android apps are completely useless for Iphone users.
- scarface74 8y agoSo people can’t choose a smart phone platform based on thier platform? If people care about the apps that are not available on iPhone they can buy an Android device just as easily S someone who doesn’t like the games that are available on Nintendo’s platform can buy a PlayStation or XBox.
- anoncake 8y ago
- lostmsu 8y agoThey are monopoly for apps built with iOS SDK.
- CNJ7654 8y agoThey have a monopoly on a system that they created and manage? That sounds like an even bigger non-issue than Google giving themselves priority on Google searches