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If they lose, it's not obvious how this would hurt Apple aside from the fine. Wouldn't they just adopt the wholesale model for books leaving the publishers hig
by rbarooah 15y ago
If they lose, it's not obvious how this would hurt Apple aside from the fine. Wouldn't they just adopt the wholesale model for books leaving the publishers high and dry?
Presumably the only way Amazon was able to force the wholesale model in the first place was to threaten to stop selling paper books from those who wouldn't accept it.
- fpgeek 15y agoIn losing, Apple is likely to wind up under significant antitrust oversight. Given some of their other business practices (like the app stores), that could be a big issue for them.
- rbarooah 15y agoThe app store is clearly nothing to do with any kind of monopoly, however much people would like the government to force Apple to make it what they want. However, I agree that antitrust oversight would be harmful for the Apple, and indirectly for the industry as a whole.