A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any

  • CthuluVoIP@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s hard to see how a court could rule against Apple given the facts. You can argue that the App Store rules are anticompetitive to software vendors, but to claim Apple holds anything resembling a monopoly on smartphones is asinine, and trying to reclassify it to “performance smartphones” is even worse.

    The market for internal combustion engine production cars with over 600 horsepower is dominated by a handful of Italian car manufacturers. Do we then sue Lamborghini because my Toyota can’t use their proprietary wiper blades?

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      8 months ago

      We need to change our mindset in regards to anti-competitive practices.

      It shouldn’t be so much about monopoly.

      What we need is to focus on anti-competitive behavior. Just because a company doesn’t have a monopoly doesn’t mean it isn’t extremely anto-competitive.

      We need to fight against that and against consolidation leading to oligopolies.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t disagree. I’m pointing out that under current conditions, I think the likelihood of this suit being successful in changing Apple’s operating model is low. What is doesn’t represent what should.