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>If a memo, or meeting minutes were to come out showing that Apple was signing exclusivity agreements, or disabling payment apps on the iPhone (NFC) to specific
by Despegar 7y ago
>If a memo, or meeting minutes were to come out showing that Apple was signing exclusivity agreements, or disabling payment apps on the iPhone (NFC) to specifically put competition out of business, well then that would be monopolistic.
I think people get confused because the way APIs work on Apple's platforms, effectively open to all subject to you agreeing to their license, that people don't realize there's no obligation for Apple to create APIs for anything. Literally every app or feature could be the result of one-on-one business development agreements.
- scarface74 7y agoExactly. For instance I don’t know of any other company that has access to Apple’s iTunes movie library to add movies that are considered as “purchased” when the movie is purchased from a competitor except for Movies Anywhere. Yet there is a setting for allowing access to your iTunes library for it.
- izacus 7y agoGermany just created that obligation for Apple.
- Despegar 7y agoNot necessarily. The law will be challenged in the courts and they'll have a strong case that it infringes their intellectual property rights.
- izacus 7y agoWhat court would this law be challenged at when its... a law built by lawmakers?
- colejohnson66 7y agoLawmakers can make illegal laws. Not sure how it’d work in Germany, but in the US, for example, it’d be challenged on the basis of constitutionality.