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Apple Facing Imminent U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit
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My impression was that Trump doesn't exactly like Tim Apple.
Or maybe some of us do, but disagree with how it is used to force companies to open the platforms to those that had no financial interest in its development.
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Will be entertaining to see what needle they thread to apply this to Apple and not other companies. Apple’s already been found to NOT be a monopoly, so maybe they’ll do the whole made up “Gatekeeper” thing the EU did?
I’m curious if “Making a product better than competitors” will be one of the illegal practices
I’m curious if “Making a product better than competitors” will be one of the illegal practices
Then I'm sorry that you don't understand why markets need regulations, including anti-trust regulations.
No one has demonstrated anything illegal with Apple’s terms (that’s done by judges, not the EU commission, that can only fine).
It’s okey if the EU commission thinks Apple’s terms are unfair; they just don’t have to make us all agree with what they think, and prevent them from building their product and us from buying it.
And finally, Apple has a very low global % of market share, they can’t be anticompetitive even if they wanted to.
Agreed. I’m so tired of this garbage. None of this is an antitrust violation if you can simply choose Android or, dare I say it, a flip phone.
Are you kidding? Some folks here would readily welcome such a scenario. "You don't want to use Apple Bank? Go buy an Android. yOu hAvE chOiCEsss!!!"
Tell me you have a narrow understanding of the spectrum of political views without telling me....
never thought I would see this gif on MR lmfaooooooo
(that being said I think this is bullsh** and the DOJ needs to leave Apple alone lmao)
I think MS is more controversial as a clear case but it certainly would be a strong case for the second real consumer harming monopoly.
The DOJ is just trying to shake down a company that has been enormously successful and make things crappier for us, the end users.
I was with the Justice Department until I saw this. This is actually a good thing for the consumer!
It’s not about understanding/believing. We can have different opinions, and it’s absolutely ok as long as we don’t force each other to act as one wants.
It's only antitrust because Android is such a terrible ecosystem.
The best android tablet can't even touch the capability of an iPad from 2014. Proper app scaling, forget about it.
Want a watch that doesn't really work? Google's got you covered. Oh, and it won't pair with an iPhone either.
Want lossless music (1980's CD quality), nah just listen to youtube music where a 12 year old uploads a copy that clips and is encoded at 64 kbps with youtube.
Want 4k video with dolby atmos? That'll be extra.
Want MFA autofill from both text and email, with auto delete so your messages app and inbox are clean? Nope again.
Want to backup your phone to your computer, allowing a full bit-for-bit restore? No way José.
Playing a song on your phone and want to transfer it to your speaker, just tap the speaker and apple's ultra wideband has you covered.
No additional charge MFA, keychain has got your back with passkeys and OTP.
Want to unlock your computer with your watch, you can with Apple.
Would you like a real biometrics, based on face depth and not just an easily faked camera image?
Lidar sensor for pro apps and an accurate measure app. Yessireebob.
Would you like your messages encrypted with post-quantum cryptography?
Zero knowledge, real e2e encryption, just turn on advanced data protection.
Want to run a phone or tablet for 6-8 years and run the latest OS. Of course you can.
(I can go on with hundreds more of these features)
Yeah, there are individual solutions to the above, but they all don't work together like the apple ecosystem.
Each year android will laser focus one useless feature like "120 Hz refresh" or some ultra high megapixel count camera, or 6 cameras but completely miss the bandwagon on what people want. (read: we don't want 3 different mail apps, carrier bloatware, 4 browsers and 6 messaging applications that all seem to step on each-other.)
The best android tablet can't even touch the capability of an iPad from 2014. Proper app scaling, forget about it.
Want a watch that doesn't really work? Google's got you covered. Oh, and it won't pair with an iPhone either.
Want lossless music (1980's CD quality), nah just listen to youtube music where a 12 year old uploads a copy that clips and is encoded at 64 kbps with youtube.
Want 4k video with dolby atmos? That'll be extra.
Want MFA autofill from both text and email, with auto delete so your messages app and inbox are clean? Nope again.
Want to backup your phone to your computer, allowing a full bit-for-bit restore? No way José.
Playing a song on your phone and want to transfer it to your speaker, just tap the speaker and apple's ultra wideband has you covered.
No additional charge MFA, keychain has got your back with passkeys and OTP.
Want to unlock your computer with your watch, you can with Apple.
Would you like a real biometrics, based on face depth and not just an easily faked camera image?
Lidar sensor for pro apps and an accurate measure app. Yessireebob.
Would you like your messages encrypted with post-quantum cryptography?
Zero knowledge, real e2e encryption, just turn on advanced data protection.
Want to run a phone or tablet for 6-8 years and run the latest OS. Of course you can.
(I can go on with hundreds more of these features)
Yeah, there are individual solutions to the above, but they all don't work together like the apple ecosystem.
Each year android will laser focus one useless feature like "120 Hz refresh" or some ultra high megapixel count camera, or 6 cameras but completely miss the bandwagon on what people want. (read: we don't want 3 different mail apps, carrier bloatware, 4 browsers and 6 messaging applications that all seem to step on each-other.)
- How the Apple Watch works better with iPhone than other smart watches do.
- agree, they should make Apple watch independent of the phone
- How Apple locks competitors out of iMessage.
- this is just a messaging app, there are other options like whats app, not really monopoly.
- How Apple blocks financial firms from offering tap-to-pay services similar to Apple Pay.
- agree.
- Whether Apple favors its own apps and services over those provided by third-party developers.
- agree
- How Apple has blocked cloud gaming apps from the App Store.
- no idea what this about.
- How Apple restricts the ‌‌iPhone‌‌'s location services from devices that compete with AirTag.
- agree
- How App Tracking Transparency impacted the collection of advertising data.
- is Apple benefiting from this then yes, if not good option.
- In-app purchase fees collected by Apple.
- this is Apple's store, i think Apple should be able to collect small %.
- If Apple is guilty here then Xbox, Nintendo, PS3, fortnight are all guilty.
you can take healthy market place even further and say Apple should allow Android/Linus to run on iPhone.
Sell A/M series chips to competitors
iOS is monopoly on iPhones
MacOS is monopoly on Laptops and desktops.
TIL making a better product than everyone else = anti-competitive behavior. **** this noise.
Yeah because Apple is going to leave its biggest market.... Apple would lose money doing that.
Yes, that must be it. Someone at the DOJ is saying, "hmm how can I make transpo1's life just a little bit worse." This obviously has nothing at all to do with ensuring markets are properly regulated...
Sure, you can believe whatever you want. No qualms with that. Just like the guy above apparently thinks the DOJ is just trying to make people's lives worse, because reasons. However, if you understood the ramifications of an unregulated or underregulated market, then you wouldn't have the opinion that you do.
The EU commission has - and "Apple has been ordered to implement ‌App Store‌ changes that will allow developers to use metadata, buttons, links, and other calls to action to direct customers to purchasing mechanisms outside of the ‌App Store" by a U.S. judge.
More than 50% of consumer spending isn't "low".
Global marketshare doesn't matter for individual jurisdictions, and you don't need 50%+ to be found anticompetitive.