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Using a monopoly position in the market to influence what kind of media is available on the market at large, however, can get you in trouble with courts. Get i
by SomeStupidPoint 11y ago
Using a monopoly position in the market to influence what kind of media is available on the market at large, however, can get you in trouble with courts.
Get in trouble for anti-monopoly stuff usually requires two parts: that you be a monopoly and that you somehow use it. Shaping a market to your desires is an example of using your monopoly standing.
Apple won't get in trouble because they're not a monopoly, but that's how a private company can get in trouble for filtering speech in an eco-system they control.
- ethbro 11y agoFor ~50M (statistics?) iPhone users, they're a monopoly, no? IANAL, but I feel like there were previous monopoly cases successfully brought on behalf of far smaller groups than that. E.g. the fact that I'm a vegetarian doesn't invalidate a steak-knife monopoly
- rtkwe 11y agoApple runs a walled garden which is different from being an actual monopoly, legally. Unless and until Apple becomes an actual smart phone monopoly they're pretty safe from the current regulations.