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I mean...I agree, but as things stand, they aren't. It's one thing to say "this is how the law should be, so that Apple should have to open their platform"; it
by danaris 3y ago
I mean...I agree, but as things stand, they aren't.
It's one thing to say "this is how the law should be, so that Apple should have to open their platform"; it's quite another to say "as the law is right now, Apple should have to open their platform."
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoUS antitrust laws are nominally extremely broad and are basically down to the courts to interpret, so what the law is right now is whatever you can convince the judge, which largely a matter of making a convincing argument that what they're doing is bad. If the courts get it wrong then you have to go to Congress, sure. But then you're in the same place -- convince Congress that it's bad. Either way we're having a debate about whether it should be allowed. And the answer is no -- this business model is anti-competitive, for any business, and if existing interpretations of the anti-trust laws don't currently prohibit it, they should.