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Think of the iPhone as a mall then - it still gets to pick its tenants by whatever criteria it sees fit (that are not illegal, and fees are not illegal). Epic i

by Fezzik 6y ago

Think of the iPhone as a mall then - it still gets to pick its tenants by whatever criteria it sees fit (that are not illegal, and fees are not illegal). Epic is not winning this one. Edit: added the bit about fees.

_qulr 6y ago
> Think of the iPhone as a mall then Why?
- Fezzik 6y ago
  Because the comment I was replying to was saying to think of the iPhone as a store... I was following the analogy and expanding on it because I thought it was inaccurate.
  - _qulr 6y ago
    You were replying to my comment, which said "The iPhone is not a store."
    - Fezzik 6y ago
      Ha, you are obviously correct! I stand by my Mall analogy ; )
- dannyr 6y ago
  But there are only 2 malls! Iphone and Android.
ViViDboarder 6y ago
Sure, but does that one mall capture 50% of all physical good sales nationwide? This is an issue of monopoly power, which depends on scale. If you use an analogy that doesn’t demonstrate the same market power, of course it’s going to seem absurd.
- Fezzik 6y ago
  Without Googling it, I would wager that 3-4 conglomerates own 98% of the malls in the US. So I think it is an apt comparison.
  - jacoblambda 6y ago
    Was curious so I looked it up. Turns out property is really expensive so it isn't quite as conglomerated as you would think. Because of this, there are about 100-ish large mall conglomerates. Of these, the top 4 combined take as much "mall" as the following 10 entries. Without doing a proper analysis of the data, at a glance it looks like the sizes taper out pretty evenly so it seems like the "mall" industry has a pretty healthy and varied market. https://www.nreionline.com/retail/2018-top-retail-owners?full=1 https://www.nreionline.com/retail/2018-top-retail-owners?ful...
mr_toad 6y ago
The mall owner owns the mall. Apple doesn’t own the iPhones.

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Think of the iPhone as a mall then - it still gets to pick its tenants by whatever criteria it sees fit (that are not illegal, and fees are not illegal). Epic i

by Fezzik 6y ago

_qulr 6y ago
> Think of the iPhone as a mall then Why?
- Fezzik 6y ago
  Because the comment I was replying to was saying to think of the iPhone as a store... I was following the analogy and expanding on it because I thought it was inaccurate.
  - _qulr 6y ago
    You were replying to my comment, which said "The iPhone is not a store."
    - Fezzik 6y ago
      Ha, you are obviously correct! I stand by my Mall analogy ; )
- dannyr 6y ago
  But there are only 2 malls! Iphone and Android.
ViViDboarder 6y ago
Sure, but does that one mall capture 50% of all physical good sales nationwide? This is an issue of monopoly power, which depends on scale. If you use an analogy that doesn’t demonstrate the same market power, of course it’s going to seem absurd.
- Fezzik 6y ago
  Without Googling it, I would wager that 3-4 conglomerates own 98% of the malls in the US. So I think it is an apt comparison.
  - jacoblambda 6y ago
    Was curious so I looked it up. Turns out property is really expensive so it isn't quite as conglomerated as you would think. Because of this, there are about 100-ish large mall conglomerates. Of these, the top 4 combined take as much "mall" as the following 10 entries. Without doing a proper analysis of the data, at a glance it looks like the sizes taper out pretty evenly so it seems like the "mall" industry has a pretty healthy and varied market. https://www.nreionline.com/retail/2018-top-retail-owners?full=1 https://www.nreionline.com/retail/2018-top-retail-owners?ful...
mr_toad 6y ago
The mall owner owns the mall. Apple doesn’t own the iPhones.