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Ask HN: Is it legal for Apple to have a monopoly on iOS application stores?
- superbcarrot 6y agoYes. Unless a court decides otherwise or the law is changed. Thinking about it, I don't see why Apple and the iOS store are a specific target. How is it different from Sony having monopoly on who makes PlayStation games for example? Or from another perspective - what principle entitles anyone else to have app curation/approval/distribution rights on a platform that Apple created if Apple don't want them there? And to be clear - this isn't an argument for or against closed or open platforms. I might personally prefer the more open ones but I think that it makes more sense if the creator of the platform opens it up if they want to instead of this being mandated by law.