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> Apple gets away with it because their spread makes sense to regulators I'm not sure it's that. I think it's just that their strategy of only ever targeting
by zmmmmm 15y ago
> Apple gets away with it because their spread makes sense to regulators
I'm not sure it's that. I think it's just that their strategy of only ever targeting the top 20% most profitable customers means they never broach market shares that make them a threat to competition by the conventional measures used by regulators.
- redthrowaway 15y agoI think you're right, there. By focussing on the high end, they likely avoid any accusation of monopoly and so avoid anti-trust investigations. That they approach a monopoly on the markets they target doesn't really matter if their market share in total is <10%.