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> Apple's behavior is not exceptional. It's how every > monopolist behaves when they own the market. What is has to do with monopoly? Apple behaved the same
by rimantas 14y ago
> Apple's behavior is not exceptional. It's how every
> monopolist behaves when they own the market.
What is has to do with monopoly? Apple behaved the same way since the very beginning, I'd say it is even more relaxed now compared to few years ago.
- lutusp 14y ago> What is has to do with monopoly? Apple behaved the same way since the very beginning ... Not true. How do I know? I was there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus This is not to excuse what Apple has become, not by any means. But Apple wasn't always a cyber-octopus. I remember the idealism of a startup that briefly had a vast marketplace to itself.
- rimantas 14y agoGood for you. This still does not answer how Apple is a monopoly (which it is not), neither it makes fact that software for iOS was available only from AppStore since day one less a fact.
- officemonkey 14y agoMaratd did not say Apple was a monopoly, he said Apple was a monopolist. Having the behavior of a thing and being the thing are two different things. Technically, Apple is a Monopsony, in that they control the app store market. If you want to sell your app, you go through Apple, and they in turn sell it to their users. The move by all the major vendors to control the market is great for the company (who wouldn't love to take 30% of every sale simply for being the middleman,) but it flies in the face of a free market economy, stifles innovation, creates barriers to entry, and encourages scammy behavior (I am rich app, "freemium" apps, paying for reviews, etc.)