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The law works fine when there is no monopoly. But since Apple has 50% of the market share, the law doesn't work well anymore.
by catlikesshrimp 5y ago
The law works fine when there is no monopoly.
But since Apple has 50% of the market share, the law doesn't work well anymore.
- rektide 5y agoThis and more. I find it beyond farce that Apple & it's adherents chief defense seems to be that there are other people making products that aren't Lawful-Evil to humanity. If Google one day woke up and said, we're just going to try to do what Apple does to it's users, there would be nothing left. This pretense that Apple's behavior is anything but anti-competitive, anti-trust worthy rings so hollow to me. The excuses that there are other places to go completely fail to wash for me. It's as if these folks are saying the Carterphone victory was only won because AT&T was a monopoly. That's not how consumer rights work. That's not a solid enough platform for humanity to remain upright.
- danaris 5y ago...50% of what market?
- tentacleuno 5y agoI assume OP is referring to the fact that Apple has 60% phone market share in the US[0]. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29325606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29325606
- heavyset_go 5y ago> But since Apple has 50% of the market share, the law doesn't work well anymore. Apple has 60% of the mobile market in the US[1]. [1] https://www.pcmag.com/news/ios-more-popular-in-japan-and-us-android-dominates-in-china-and-india https://www.pcmag.com/news/ios-more-popular-in-japan-and-us-...