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Sure they have monopolies on their platforms, but the key point is how they act within their monopolies The argument is that what Apple's doing inside there 'm

Sure they have monopolies on their platforms, but the key point is how they act within their monopolies The argument is that what Apple's doing inside there 'monopoly' is egregious enough to run afoul of these laws. Whether creating a music app on their system that is by default at a 30% revenue advantage compared to their competitors runs afoul of these laws is the question. Monopolies by themselves aren't necessarily a problem it's when they leverage their monopoly position that there are issues.

scarface74 7y ago
Sure they have monopolies on their platforms, but the key point is how they act within their monopolies Everything that people complain about with Apple us even worse with the consoles. 1. People complain about having to buy a Mac and pay $99 a year to develop for iOS. You can’t even develop on a PlayStation without signing an NDA and I couldn’t find anywhere reputable that knew the price. 2. The console makers also get a cut of every game sold on their platform - either physical or digital. 3. The platform owners - especially Nintendo - are much stricter about what they will allow on their platforms. 4. It’s much harder to “sideload” console games. 5. All of the console makers have first party games where they don’t have to pay a fee to themselves. Whether creating a music app on their system that is by default at a 30% revenue advantage compared to their competitors runs afoul of these laws is the question. Spotify hasn’t allowed in app subscriptions for years so they don’t pay a fee. But on the other hand, I can “sideload” my own music and integrate it with my Apple Music library without paying Apple anything. Can I do that with Spotify? It seems like Spotify has more of a walled garden than Apple...