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This is the key problem when a market-maker is also a market participant. When the same entity setting the market rules, deciding who is violating them, and col
by mabbo 5y ago
This is the key problem when a market-maker is also a market participant. When the same entity setting the market rules, deciding who is violating them, and collecting the market data is also an active competitor against everyone else in that market.
It's not a fair playing field. Apple knows that, but pretends that it is.
I say it's a problem, but I don't have a solution. It's hard to say "Apple can't make apps for the iPhone". Or "Amazon can't sell stuff on Amazon". Or "Google can't by ad space on Google Ads".
There clearly needs to be some sort of laws to restrict these kinds of behaviours, to encourage a diverse and open economy rather than rigged games.
- rebuilder 5y agoI guess that leaves “Apple can’t dictate what programs can be run on iPhones”
- VortexDream 5y agoNo, there's a huge difference between locking out competitors entirely from offering the same kind of app Apple is and, say, removing an app for being adware. Anticompetitive behavior is more subjecting third party apps to rules that their own apps aren't subject to. Or arbitrarily changing the rules to suit their own apps. Any number of behaviors really that affect competitors and prevent them from competing with Apple's apps.
- kamkazemoose 5y agoOne solution would be to force Apple to break up into seperate firms. So you have Apple App Store, and Apple app maker as seperate firms, and Apple app maker is required to be treated as any other app developer in the app store.
- micromacrofoot 5y ago>This is the key problem when a market-maker is also a market participant. Yes! During the last US election cycle I thought Elizabeth Warren was smart to make a point of this about Amazon... I don't think this issue gets enough attention and very few people seem to care. There are numerous ways this is an unfair practice, and the problem gets worse as the marketplace owner continues to grow and devour competitors. https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-criticizes-amazon-for-seller-practices-2018-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-criticizes-...
- MiddleEndian 5y agoA legal solution might be something like: Apple cannot prevent people from installing or updating apps from sources outside of their store.