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> You're not entitled to dictate terms to the vendor here in any sense other than "I'll buy that" or "I won't buy that." Society, as a collective, does reserve
by ShroudedNight 7y ago
> You're not entitled to dictate terms to the vendor here in any sense other than "I'll buy that" or "I won't buy that."
Society, as a collective, does reserve that right through anti-trust laws.
> Computer developers don't get to choose which computer their customers have, either.
Both Microsoft, and Steam monopoly powers have been called into question previously. Microsoft was specifically required to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows.
- ubermonkey 7y agoAntitrust laws are applicable when one company controls an entire market. As has been noted exhaustively, Apple is a MINORITY player in the smartphone market. Antitrust doesn't enter into it. MSFT, OTOH, absolutely WAS in a monopolistic position when the browser wars were raging, and was found to have abused that monopoly power. Apple isn't even CLOSE to that level of dominance, unless you define the market as "people who use Apple devices," which is transparently risible.