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I doubt this is antitrust. There's a zillion other places to sell a game (as Epic has shown). If you want to claim the entire market in question to be Apple pro
by ChrisLomont 6y ago
I doubt this is antitrust. There's a zillion other places to sell a game (as Epic has shown). If you want to claim the entire market in question to be Apple products, I doubt that will get very far. Everything is a monopoly when you make your market hyper specific.
- tc313 6y agoWell that’s Epic’s argument, so it’s the question that the courts will resolve in this case.
- ben-schaaf 6y agoThis isn't some hyper specific market. Mobile games are a $76 billion industry (and rising) with the overwhelming majority of users only having access through either the Google play store or Apple store.
- ChrisLomont 6y ago$76B is world market. US law doesn't apply to a significant part of that. Neither Apple nor Google is a monopoly in mobile games. By revenue Apple has about 60%. Check [1], search threshold to see what cases often require. Taken together they would be, but then you cannot prosecute Apple and win without showing collusion between them and prosecute them both for collusion. [1] https://www.justice.gov/atr/competition-and-monopoly-single-firm-conduct-under-section-2-sherman-act-chapter-2 https://www.justice.gov/atr/competition-and-monopoly-single-...