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When your product has a monopoly market share, you don't get to use it as a weapon against competitors in other markets, even if you claim there is some imagina
by GeekyBear 6mo ago
When your product has a monopoly market share, you don't get to use it as a weapon against competitors in other markets, even if you claim there is some imaginary exception to antitrust law involving servers.
- bigyabai 6mo agoYou don't get to demand that the server support your endpoint, period. There is no precedent for that ever happening in US antitrust law, because it's not anticompetitive. If you think otherwise, make your case to Google's lawyers instead of spinning hypothetical case law.
- raw_anon_1111 6mo agoIt’s called “No duty to deal” https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/refusal-deal https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...
- GeekyBear 6mo agoWhich is fine, right up until you: have a product with a monopoly market share AND use that product as a weapon against competitors in other markets That conduct is clearly illegal.
- raw_anon_1111 6mo agoThe entire idea of capitalism is to use your advantages over competitors. But exactly how does Apple have a monopoly in computers with less than 10-15% market share?
- GeekyBear 6mo agoThe entire point of antitrust law is to place limits on what capitalists are allowed to do. Apple doesn't have what American law sees as a monopoly market share in any market. Be aware that other jurisdictions, like the EU, start placing restrictions on the behavior of companies with lower market share than American antitrust law requires.
- raw_anon_1111 6mo agoInstead of passing laws, maybe the EU could foster an economic environment where Europeans wouldn’t have to depend on American tech companies and actually has tech products that people wanted to buy…