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Apple have a monopoly on the distribution of iOS apps, so they are required to offer fair terms to all app vendors, including themselves. Apple could charge th
by jdietrich 8y ago
Apple have a monopoly on the distribution of iOS apps, so they are required to offer fair terms to all app vendors, including themselves.
Apple could charge themselves the 30% App Store fee for Apple Music, demonstrating that the App Store is a fair marketplace that doesn't artificially advantage Apple's own services. It would then be incumbent on Apple to prove that Apple Music is priced fairly, rather than being deliberately operated at a loss to squeeze other streaming music services out of the market.
- usaphp 8y agoNYT Newspaper also has a monopoly on distribution of ads on NYT pages, so should they charge themselves to put their own ads?
- code_sloth 8y agoYes. So costs of putting up an ad are reflected in the relevant departments. Large corps do this all the time, transferring money from the left pocket to their right pocket. It's somewhat similar to net neutrality proposals. AT&T doesn't have a monopoly as an ISP. However, if AT&T starts/acquires a video streaming service, they should not give unfair advantages to their own service because they want to compete with Netflix.
- threeseed 8y agoAnd Apple probably does this too. What does it change ? Nothing.
- ovao 8y agoWhat does it mean for one company to “charge oneself”? If Apple Music isn’t a separate legal entity, it means invoicing oneself without any monetary transfer. Which is frankly just ledger masturbation.