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> If you mean Apple owns and runs an App Store, then yes, but that’s not a monopoly. They also refuse to permit their customers to run apps not approved by App
by zeveb 7y ago
> If you mean Apple owns and runs an App Store, then yes, but that’s not a monopoly.
They also refuse to permit their customers to run apps not approved by Apple on the phones they have bought. That's the monopoly.
- mason55 7y agoHuh? That’s still not a monopoly. Argue that they’re violating anti-consumers laws to have access to device you purchased, sure, but what you’re describing is in no way a monopoly.
- criddell 7y agoI think it comes down to how narrow you want to define the market. And even if it is a monopoly, that doesn't mean anything by itself. Monopolies aren't illegal.
- village-idiot 7y agoThat’s factually false. You can side load apps, plenty of enterprises do it.
- sigstoat 7y agolast i looked that requires a couple hundred dollar per year special developer account from apple, with special checks to make sure you're actually a business doing it for business reasons. and they still sign your apps, they just do it automatically, i think.
- village-idiot 7y agoSo? You can still side load. Developers do it all the time. The approval process is only for distributing your private app to hundreds of people using Apple’s servers and hardware.
- sigstoat 7y agolook, buddy, i'm with you on the monopoly issue, but this whole side loading thing is bullshit. i don't think these mechanisms work the way you think they do, and they're certainly not reasonable for even expert users to keep an app up to date on their device. it just isn't legally relevant.
- village-idiot 7y agoHaving side loaded apps personally, I'm not really sure why you're so pissed off.