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So if the EU say it's s monopoly it is? Given there are multiple places to stream music I find it hard to think of it as a monopoly.
by bennysomething 5y ago
So if the EU say it's s monopoly it is? Given there are multiple places to stream music I find it hard to think of it as a monopoly.
- f6v 5y agoI’m not an economist so my naïve reasoning is: 1. Is Apple using their platform to promote their services? Yes. 2. Is Apple making it harder for competition to compete on their platform? Yes. Someone mentioned Apple Music is not a subject to 15-30% fees while Spotify is. 3. Are companies building platforms to do exactly that? Also yes. There’s no point in building platform and not using the benefits of controlling it. So where does that leave us? Apple is doing exactly as you’d expect it to do. Government will try to restrict that, that’s what it’s for. What I don’t get is why people are so emotional about it. It’s all out in the open, why pretend Apple isn’t using their platform ownership to undermine completion? Why get upset that they do? People perceive this situation as black and white, nothing in between.