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The own the platform, they designed it, built it, and maintain it. They have every right to set the rules for it.
by jaegerpicker 6y ago
The own the platform, they designed it, built it, and maintain it. They have every right to set the rules for it.
- aaomidi 6y agoAnd they operate within the legal framework of various jurisdictions, which can and will force Apple to change their behavior.
- macinjosh 6y agoYeah! Get that government boot on their necks!! /s
- aaomidi 6y agoYes, in fact, this is one of the reasons government was created.
- bmarquez 6y agoApple's marketcap exceeds the GDP of most countries, it's hard to feel sympathetic given its size. https://www.investopedia.com/news/apple-now-bigger-these-5-things/ https://www.investopedia.com/news/apple-now-bigger-these-5-t...
- ardit33 6y agoUntil regulations steps in, and mandates to be more fair and open, or to break up the company, or to allow multiple app stores (by competitors). At the end of the day, and iPad is a general computing device, and it will probably be treated as such in courts, where there are precedents on this.
- aaomidi 6y agoAnd Apple markets the iPad and other various apple devices as general computing too.
- jaegerpicker 6y agoWhat does it being a general computing device have to do with anything? Is it the only general computing device available? PC's and Androids exist, how is Apple in anyway a monopoly when they don't even have control of the market?
- MagnumOpus 6y agoThe are abusing a dominant position (as the only seller of iOS devices) to cross subsidise their software business and muscle out competitors in the services space (Apple Music vs other music services). That is a fairly clear breach of antitrust rules. The prohibition of third party transactions or third party App stores are less clear to breach, but there is a case to be made...
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoPandora, Spotify, Tidal, and Amazon music are all available on the App Store - they are not muscling any competitors out. If they were those apps would simply not be available.
- threeseed 6y agoa) There are no rules that mandate that a "general computing device" must be open in whatever arbitrary way you've not defined. b) There are no precedents that state that a platform must have competing App Stores or make them freely available for anyone to publish. In fact the opposite is the default in companies today e.g. PSN, XBox, Tesla, Shopify, Salesforce. If you have case law that contradicts this please by all means provide it.
- Apocryphon 6y agoPerhaps a case related to open source licensing? Here's one that's still in progress: https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/the-100-million-case-for-open-source-license-compliance https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/t... Of course, Apple had the foresight to purge GPL apps from its store: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990
- paulgb 6y agoEven if this is true, the doublespeak of this being about protecting the user (as opposed to the shareholder) is tiring.
- rbecker 6y ago> They own the platform And the users who buy Apple's devices, what do they own? Clearly not the devices, if Apple still decides how they may be used.