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I am having hardtime understanding if this can even be called a monopoly? Assume there is a Amart if it lets other vendors sell their products in its store on t
by pankajdoharey 7y ago
I am having hardtime understanding if this can even be called a monopoly? Assume there is a Amart if it lets other vendors sell their products in its store on the condition that there is a small price they have to pay in order to put their products on its shelves in return they dont need to pay rent and they get the benefit of customers who love to shop at Amart could this be considered a monopoly? Also who is responsible if there is a defect in the product? the vendor of the said product or Amart?
- Kye 7y agoI can go somewhere else to buy potatoes if I don't like how one store handles them. An iPhone owner can't go off to the Microsoft, Google, or Amazon stores if they don't like the version in the Apple store. They have a monopoly on apps for iOS devices.
- pankajdoharey 7y agoWell with that logic, i you own a Ford Truck and you dont like their service can you go to Honda service center? the app store.
- hxegon 7y agoyou can go to an independent mechanic, or a different ford service center.
- pankajdoharey 7y agoWell you can install alternative app stores on iOS Devices without jailbreaking. Essentially all you need is a profile for that app store, the entire ecosystem of enterprise Device management in built on this mechanism which provides custom app stores to enterprises.
- chj 7y agoNo, you can't distribute apps directly to customers. That's why Facebook's certificate got revoked by Apple. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-offered-gift-cards-for-root-level-access-to-ios-users-data/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-...
- pankajdoharey 7y agoI wasnt aware of this!
- fromanator 7y agoThat's not a very good analogy, Apple makes it impossible to run your own app store in their ecosystem. Ford isn't doing anything to stop others from servicing your vehicle, they still provide parts, training, etc to competing third parties.
- a1369209993 7y agoIf you can convince Honda to do the work, then yes[0]. You could also go a local mechanic[0]. It is literally not possible for Microsoft et al or a independent programmer to sell you iPhone apps[1]. 0: I'm assuming Ford hasn't added some sort of DRM to their vehicles; if they have, then they have a monopoly on maintenance for those vehicles and should be penalized accordingly. 1: They can sell you jailbroken-iPhone apps, but you could also get maintenance on a DRMed truck once you ripped out and replaced all the computer systems, so that's not very relevant.
- Yetanfou 7y agoIf that 'Honda service centre' happens to be an independent repair shop with loads of logo's on the front window, sure.
- sjy 7y agoIt's not an easy question, which is why the Supreme Court wasn't asked to decide it in this case. The answer depends on the past 100 years of previous cases interpreting US antitrust law. Those interpretations have been influenced by research and trends in economics. Lina Khan recently became a minor celebrity for her article in the Yale Law Journal critically reviewing this history in the context of today's tech giants, specifically Amazon: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/technology/monopoly-antitrust-lina-khan-amazon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/technology/monopoly-antit...