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I hace a strong Anti-Apple bias BUT I don't think anything will come from this. This is just the AG of NY and CT making sure Apple knows they are looking at t
by baldfat 11y ago
I hace a strong Anti-Apple bias BUT I don't think anything will come from this.
This is just the AG of NY and CT making sure Apple knows they are looking at them every time they make a deal.
- plorg 11y agoPerhaps not, but to me this seems similar-enough to the Apple Books/Amazon suit that, if substantiated, it may well cause trouble for the company. E.g. if Apple went to the labels and said, "we would like you to sign on to our subscription service, and we would like you to cease allowing [Spotify,Rdio, etc] to stream your music on a free tier, because we think this will force prices higher", the "force prices higher" may look like an antitrust violation, since the company is using its market position (and not its supply chain or volume etc.) to shift (or, say, "manipulate") the price of a consumer good.
- JohnTHaller 11y agoIt was already pretty widely reported that Apple was trying to get Big Music to kill Spotify's free tier as an anticompetitive measure. And it fits in well with the standard Apple playbook if you look at previous music deals, ebooks, etc.
- baldfat 11y agoI think you might be right. I didn't think about them being stupid enough to actually say that in official circles.