There are too many examples of this in the retail space. Take the grocery-store brands of most canned goods. Does the grocery store have to pay for shelf space? And the grocery-store is nearly always cheaper than the name-brand. Is this illegal or just business?
That only applies if the consumers signs up to the subscription within the app itself. There is no requirement for the 30% outside of the App Store.
This not privacy leaked, it’s part of the retention policy in place by Apple to defend itself in case of a trial. Everything goes to the record and they know it can be subpoenaed.
There were others, but they were so crappy that they failed. Microsoft windows mobile on a Dell X5 pocket device, Blackberry, but was aimed at business, not consumers. You can't simply just make an OS. You need to build an ecosystem behind it as it's not the 80's anymore and that is why Apple and to a point Google are where they are. I can take a picture on my iPhone and it will be available on all of the rest of my Apple world, I can pair and put in a pair of earbuds and they now work with all of my Apple devices automatically, etc.
Kinda like when you buy a kindle book it’s harder to switch to something like Apple’s books. You can’t take the licensed digital stuff with you. It may be difficult or very very difficult even with Android apps for the average person. Not saying it’s right or wrong but ecosystem tie in has existed for a long time. Heck, think about tools where the accessories only work with their brand or cameras where the lenses only work with the one brand. You build a system and people buy in. It’s hard and expensive to switch. Story as old as modern commerce.
Yes, I am. Neither will result in federal antitrust action. This is the reason why new bills are being intruduced because they know this nonsense will never stand up in court. The SCOTUS decision in Ohio v. American Express pretty much leaves Apple untouchable under the current framework of Antitrust laws.
Is there a grocery store chain in the USA with 50%+ market share?
Wow, governments acting like governments and talking about ways to maintain a competitive and fair marketplace. Horrors!
And the books/music thing will roll into the DRM arena. the specific music of digital book might only licensed to one or the other and even licensed to more than one but at different rates and user agreements. That will get even more complicated. all of this os opening a giant can of worms.
Are the EU antitrust regulators armchair lawyers as well?
Many of them have no more relative law experience than the folks in this forum.
The difference is one has the power to impose billion euro fines and corrective behavior, while the other has the power to post memes 🤪
It is when related to my comment which relates to the content of the revealed information.
Marketshare of what? Ways to listen to music? Or is this one of those narrowly defined marketshare. In many towns, there may only be 1-2 grocery store options with one likely having >50% share.
And you're suggesting that the anti-trust legislation multiple governments are looking at (often specifically targeting Apple's app store and payment system policies) and the Epic lawsuit specific to this article, are unrelated? Sorry, not buying that line for a second lol.
Fortunately, the European courts are relatively even-keeled and tamp down on many of the worst impulses of the various regulatory commissions. Not saying that some nonsense doesn’t make it through, but much of their high-stakes drama remains in the realm of political theater and out of law.
