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> Why are you drawing the line at the US? Probably because we live in the US and we will have to depend on our courts to force Apple to open up. Those courts r
by wayneftw 6y ago
> Why are you drawing the line at the US?
Probably because we live in the US and we will have to depend on our courts to force Apple to open up. Those courts require a certain amount of market power, which a majority market share indicates, to move forward with an antitrust judgement.
> Microsoft, as it happens, also takes a 30% cut of Xbox-related sales on their store.
Game consoles are not nearly as ubiquitous or as important to society as smart phones. We have different laws for things important things like cars than we do for toys like bicycles.
This is why Apple will eventually be forced to allow users to install software from outside the app store.