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It would be if they had a dominant market position. Just controlling the endpoints doesn't mean that much by itself.
by rootusrootus 3y ago
It would be if they had a dominant market position. Just controlling the endpoints doesn't mean that much by itself.
- SeanAnderson 3y agohttps://www.axios.com/2021/10/14/teen-iphone-use-spending-habits https://www.axios.com/2021/10/14/teen-iphone-use-spending-ha... Seems pretty dominant to me.
- katbyte 3y agoAmerican teens are not Americans are not the rest of the world
- yesco 3y agoApple is an American company accountable to American laws and critiques
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoAlso, the relevant market doesn't have to be "Americans." It's completely reasonable for it to be "teens in San Francisco" or the like, if that's the group of people you need a messaging app in order to interact with.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoyou don't necessarily need a monopoly to have a "dominant marketing position". being one of the two major OS's and losing access to 30-50% of a nigh-universal market because the its not in the interest of the platform's profits would definitely count as an anti-competitor move utilizing the company's weight. AKA anti-trust.