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Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007. At that time Apple had no way to preference itself unfairly. They went from zero to capturing 75% of smartphone p
by dev_tty01 4y ago
Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007. At that time Apple had no way to preference itself unfairly. They went from zero to capturing 75% of smartphone profits in 2021 and dramatically increased the size of the overall market. I think Apple is quite capable of competing without preference. Are they more successful now due to eco-system lock-in? Sure, but to conclude that that is the only reason they have are competitive is just not considering all of the facts.
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- Nevermark 4y agoApple lock-in may not be the only reason Apple remains so wildly successful. But, Apple lock-in, and other self-serving restrictions, may be the reason we don’t hear about many potential products that never make it. Anti-competitiveness protects margins in the long term by avoiding pesky upstarts and challengers that might change the playing field. (Not critiquing any privacy issue with this comment. Just competitive issues from Apples view, and the view of all the non-Apples, in the abstract and the real.)
- bilbo0s 4y agoMaterial point is that giving Apple an excuse to be even more draconian with their users' privacy will do nothing to help out these increasingly hypothetical "upstarts".
- Nevermark 4y agoApple can be draconian with privacy, and still leave a level playing field, iff it applies the same privacy restrictions to itself that it does for third parties. This is where its dominance may require antitrust action at some level. Or Apple is unlikely to appreciate restricting itself equally to others.