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Unfortunately, under the current interpretation of US anti-trust law (thanks Robert Bork!), leveraging monopoly to knee-cap competitors is a-OK if it doesn't di
by elgenie 7y ago
Unfortunately, under the current interpretation of US anti-trust law (thanks Robert Bork!), leveraging monopoly to knee-cap competitors is a-OK if it doesn't directly hurt consumers.
The chances of anti-trust law returning to an interpretation that protects competition under the current judiciary are nil.
- scarface74 7y agoHow is Apple blocking an ad network “anticompetitive” when Apple’s only ad platform is within the App Store?
- elgenie 7y agoWell, how does a competitor make money on iOS without giving Apple a 30% cut of app installs and in-app purchases and/or using their ad network?
- scarface74 7y agoSimple, the same way that Spotify, Netflix, Amazon (Kindle), DirecTVNow, Sling, and a bunch of other companies do - force people to pay on their own websites to use the app.... Apple doesn’t have an “ad network”.
- RandomBK 7y agoOnly catch here is that Apple also takes a cut of such subscription revenue if it goes through an app [0]. Individually, I support Apple's decisions around enforcing privacy on the web. However, Apple's decisions when taken as a whole is making it incredibly difficult for a company to generate revenue from iOS users without sharing some of that revenue with Apple. Whether this makes Apple a monolopy I do not know, but it's certainly less clear of a good thing than their privacy efforts. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/13/spotify-claim-apple-30-percent-app-store-commission-unfair-european-commission-complaint https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/13/spotify-c...
- toasterlovin 7y agoNo, they only take a cut if the subscription is originated on the app.
- hesarenu 7y agowhy can't they do it on their app?
- scarface74 7y agoCan I pay the manufacturer of a good directly and walk into a retail store to pick it up? But let’s not be overly idealistic, the vast majority of revenue in either App Store is from games and most of that is from in app purchases of coins, gyms, loot boxes etc.
- hesarenu 7y agoCan I install another store in Mobile eco system. Yes I can. But what you say is correct having another store would dent apple revenue would be loss of investors.