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Working by itself, Apple isn't being anti-competitive under US law. Anyone can be as exclusionary as they like on their own. Several of the largest retailers
by downandout 12y ago
Working by itself, Apple isn't being anti-competitive under US law. Anyone can be as exclusionary as they like on their own. Several of the largest retailers in the country working together to specifically block Apple Pay (and all other contactless payments), in favor of their own payment solution, is clearly anti-competitive behavior under US law.
- comex 12y agoTrue. I'm just saying that in a looser ordinary language sense of "anticompetitive", Apple by itself probably brings an amount of market share to bear comparable to these companies together - at least out of all US retailers supporting smartphone payments.
- MBCook 12y ago> I'm just saying that in a looser ordinary language sense of "anticompetitive" I don't think that's a normal definition. "Today Hoover released their new anti-competitive vacuum". Why is it anti-competitive? "They didn't create a network of 3rd party bag manufacturers on day one." If they were going out of their way to prevent it (such as when Keurig or the printer companies added DRM to stop clones) that's one thing. Apple doesn't let you choose a different keyboard manufacturer when you buy a MacBook either. Is that anti-competitive? Amazon's Kindle cases don't work with Nook tablets. Is that anti-competitive? I think you're reaching here.
- gizmo686 12y ago>Anyone can be as exclusionary as they like on their own. This isn't true once you get into monopoly territory, although that is not a concern in this case.