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Fundamentally I think it comes down to monopoly. If Comcast is the only way to get internet and they gouge me on price that’s bad. The App Store is a more prem
by thehappypm 5y ago
Fundamentally I think it comes down to monopoly. If Comcast is the only way to get internet and they gouge me on price that’s bad.
The App Store is a more premium alternative to the Web. It’ll never be a monopoly — every iPhone comes loaded with Safari for alternative ways to engage with customers.
- adam_arthur 5y agoWell, if they gouge you, you can move to a different neighborhood (switch to android). Pretty evident when you go through the thought experiment that ecosystems/platforms, with high costs of switching, are a new form of monopoly (at sufficient scale)