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You don't seem to be reading what I've written three times now. Perhaps you aren't aware of antitrust law, its purpose, and relevant cases: you might not know a

You don't seem to be reading what I've written three times now. Perhaps you aren't aware of antitrust law, its purpose, and relevant cases: you might not know about how AT&T ("Ma Bell") was broken up using antitrust law, or how Microsoft was found guilty of abusing its monopoly position by bundling Internet Explorer. Standard Oil was the impetus for the legislation - that's a good one to learn about. More recently, businesses have created duopolies of convenience and mutual defense. I'm not a fan of this workaround. Please refer to my earlier posts for details.

scarface74 4y ago
How should Apple be broken up to make it more competitive? Should they break up Apple into operating systems and hardware and force Apple to license iOS? Should they break Apple up into a computer company and a phone company? Should they create a separate company for computers , iPads, and phones? If they break Apple up and force it to license it’s operating system, how does that make Apple products better for the end users instead of worse just like Android? And nothing came of the MS suit. To this day, IE is bundled with Windows and always was.
- politician 4y ago
  > nothing came of the MS suit Microsoft was forced to implement the browser choice scheme which directly led to underinvestment in IE, the rise of Chrome, and the subsequent abandonment of their in-house engine and adoption of Blink. A good case could be made that it led to the rise of Adtech and social media and Apple by democratizing access to the web, similar to how the release of XHRHttpRequest in IE6 led to the downfall of native application development and a shift in Microsoft to cloud-based services.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Microsoft was never forced to have browser choice in the US. Chrome became popular because it was hawked on the front page of one of the most heavily trafficked sites and it was bundled with other popular downloads. Apple’s come back started with the iPod - not the Mac.

scarface74 4y ago

How should Apple be broken up to make it more competitive? Should they break up Apple into operating systems and hardware and force Apple to license iOS? Should they break Apple up into a computer company and a phone company? Should they create a separate company for computers , iPads, and phones? If they break Apple up and force it to license it’s operating system, how does that make Apple products better for the end users instead of worse just like Android? And nothing came of the MS suit. To this day, IE is bundled with Windows and always was.

politician 4y ago
> nothing came of the MS suit Microsoft was forced to implement the browser choice scheme which directly led to underinvestment in IE, the rise of Chrome, and the subsequent abandonment of their in-house engine and adoption of Blink. A good case could be made that it led to the rise of Adtech and social media and Apple by democratizing access to the web, similar to how the release of XHRHttpRequest in IE6 led to the downfall of native application development and a shift in Microsoft to cloud-based services.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Microsoft was never forced to have browser choice in the US. Chrome became popular because it was hawked on the front page of one of the most heavily trafficked sites and it was bundled with other popular downloads. Apple’s come back started with the iPod - not the Mac.