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That’s not how DoJ defines market. The relevant market isn’t the specific Apple device users, but all users and all their competing devices. This is typically
by prepend 3y ago
That’s not how DoJ defines market.
The relevant market isn’t the specific Apple device users, but all users and all their competing devices. This is typically how US antitrust law works as it is based on consumer harm. And that’s broad, not the specific consumers who choose to use a particular tool or be in a particular system.
- nox101 3y agoThat is how the DoJ defines the market. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/253/34/576095/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/253... > The District Court determined that Microsoft had maintained a monopoly in the market for Intel compatible PC operating systems in violation Change "Intel compatible" to "A series compatible" and it's Apple. Change it to "ARM compatible" and it's still Apple given they have 60% market share in the USA. Only countries enforce anti-trust, there is no world government to look at market share it the world.
- KerrAvon 3y agoYour point is addressed elsewhere in the document; cherry-picking individual sentences from complex legal documents isn’t a great idea.
- nox101 3y agofeel free to point out that part of the document. AFAICT the entire document is in the context of the first paragraph which sets the scope for everything under it
- nodamage 3y agoThis case does not prove what you think it does because the market for "Intel compatible PC operating systems" does not consist of a single competitor (there are much stricter legal requirements when alleging a single-competitor market).
- xtracto 3y agoJust stop buying apple products... it's like people buying Lego toys and whining because they are expensive and cannot plug with Playmobile toys. So people are so enamored with apple devices that they cannot stop using them, but don't want to pay the rent the company charges them... just go play somewhere else. Or create your own park. That's what Hawuei did, that's what Android did.
- graemep 3y agoAs we are discussing EU law what relevant does US antitrust law have? Consumer are locked into ecosystems so you cannot just say "they can switch to a competing device". Can they move all apps and content from the old device to the new device at no cost? Do they need significant time to setup.