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So it would be a monopoly if it's largest competition with a huge stake of the market disappeared tomorrow is your retort to me challenging accusations of havin
by starttoaster 2y ago
So it would be a monopoly if it's largest competition with a huge stake of the market disappeared tomorrow is your retort to me challenging accusations of having a monopoly?
- sublinear 2y agoWhen the iPhone launched the claim was that they "invented" the smartphone. :D Android wasn't officially released at that time. What was Apple then? What if Android hadn't worked out?
- starttoaster 2y agoYour old rebuttal didn't work so your new rebuttal is that Apple innovated faster than competitors in the initial smart phone market almost 20 years ago? I'm sorry but I don't see how that's going to make your point today. Nor would it ever really make your point, in my opinion. If you start up a company that innovates an entire technological market, and you're waiting for the rest of the market to catch up, that's not something to really hold you accountable for. You just had a vision and executed it first. Please, just admit to yourself that you really want to believe Apple holds a monopoly, and you'll do any amount of mental gymnastics to get there. Once you admit that, we can have a thoughtful conversation on how Apple is a net negative to tech culture in more valid ways.