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Because Microsoft leveraged a monopoly (Windows) to gain another monopoly (browser), which is illegal. App stores didn't exist prior to Apple's. Also, Apple's s
by prewett 6y ago
Because Microsoft leveraged a monopoly (Windows) to gain another monopoly (browser), which is illegal. App stores didn't exist prior to Apple's. Also, Apple's store didn't work on competing phones (not that there were any at the time), nor did it work on either macOS or Windows, it only worked on Apple's iPhones. It's like Amazon controlling what Kindle books exist, or Disney controlling what you can see at Disneyworld or buy at Disney+.
- brendoelfrendo 6y agoSo Apple leverages a monopoly (iOS) to gain another monopoly (App Store). It seems like an apples/apples comparison to me.
- smabie 6y agoI would hardly call iOS a monopoly.
- scarface74 6y agoA monopoly with less than 50% market share?
- ls612 6y agoiOS is not a monopoly
- huhtenberg 6y agoFor Apple devices it is.
- ls612 6y agoThat’s like saying Target has a monopoly on selling Target store brand merchandise.
- boublepop 6y agoYou keep using that word... Monopoly does not mean “popular product” Apple isn’t even market leading, let alone dominant, and even if your dominant in a market you still might not have a monopoly.
- Maha-pudma 6y agoI've been using vendor selected software repositories since before apple called them an app store and started charging everyone to use theirs. Linux has had them for years and years.
- causality0 6y agoApp stores did exist prior to Apple's. They just make it seem like they didn't by coining the usage of the word "app" instead of application or program. For example, the Xbox Live Marketplace launched in 2005, allowing users to purchase games, expansions, themes, backgrounds, avatars, and apps such as Netflix and Youtube. Other app stores that predate Apple's include Handango in 2003, Nokia Catalogs in 2005, and NTT DoCoMo's i-mode in 1999, the first integrated online app store for mobile phones.