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It all depends on how you define the market. Is the market mobile phones, or is the market iPhone messaging apps. Companies like Apple spend a lot of effort bil
by kennywinker 5y ago
It all depends on how you define the market. Is the market mobile phones, or is the market iPhone messaging apps. Companies like Apple spend a lot of effort billing themselves as marketplaces - come to our app STORE - and buy apps from all these vendors. But when it comes to antimonopoly regulations, they’re quick to group themselves with everyone under the sun.
Yes I can buy a google phone. And when I have a problem with something on it you’ll say “well just go buy an apple phone there’s plenty of options” and all of a sudden i’ve used up my two options.
- ubermonkey 5y agoYou don't get to redefine "monopoly" just because you don't like the way a minority player is doing business. ALL markets have limited choices, and yeah, it'd be nice if MSFT hadn't completely failed any time they tried to do mobile, but healthy competition exists in the mobile space now between Android and iOS. There is no applicable antitrust regulation here.