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> There are no goalposts to move around here in some PR flack's hapless dream of muddying the issue. It's specifically about the goalposts, that's my entire po
by st1x7 6y ago
> There are no goalposts to move around here in some PR flack's hapless dream of muddying the issue.
It's specifically about the goalposts, that's my entire point. It's not as straightforward and clear-cut as you're suggesting.
Even saying something like "mobile applications market" doesn't make it clear whether we're talking about number of users, revenue, number of apps, number of app downloads, which mobile devices and so on.
- inopinatus 6y agoMarketplaces are quantified by economic value, there being no other universal unit. There's an arrogance in tech that we can make up definitions to suit ourselves. I guess it's related to the fallacy that the law is some kind of programming language.
- st1x7 6y ago> Marketplaces are quantified by economic value So if Apple had 100% of all phone users and 100% of all apps but the apps were entirely free, that wouldn't be a monopoly? > there being no other universal unit. I suggested a number of other units above. > There's an arrogance in tech that we can make up definitions to suit ourselves. The question of defining the market is the basis of how the decision is made in court and the biggest point of argument between the legal teams. This isn't about tech arrogance. I also feel like this back-and-forth isn't constructuve so I'll stop here.
- mdoms 6y agoJust take the L and move on, dude. This is getting embarrassing.