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Am I the only one noticing the irony in Apple complaining about overpriced premium devices (chipsets/modems in this case)?

• notfromhere 7y ago
  The better analogy is if apple claimed a portion of the income you generated by using their laptop for work.
  • axus 7y ago
    or from the price you charged for your app?
    • notfromhere 7y ago
      its a component, not a marketplace.
• ldrndll 7y ago
  No, I'm sure you're not the only one who has thought this. However, the apparent irony disappears quite readily when you examine the differences, the most important of which: If you want a laptop but don't want to pay Apple prices, you can buy a laptop from Lenovo/Dell/Asus/you get the point. If you want to play in the 4G/5G space you have to license Qualcomm's IP. They've been pretty aggressive about enforcing this. So aggressive in fact that they've been found guilty of anti-competitive behaviour by a US judge (in a case brought by the FTC), as well as by the EU (twice). So yeah, in the face of that, it's difficult to argue that Apple's position - of selling premium devices in a competitive market - is in any way similar to Qualcomm's predatory tactics. Now if you want to talk about the App Store on the other hand...