In defence of Americans, he actually said earlier that he is from Europe, and living in America, so there is a fairly weird dichotomy to the America-centrism of the original statement.
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Fair enough.
Still the argument stands that American marketshare has no bearing on overall Global marketshare and I hate this metric that we need to open up iMessage simply because it is used more in America than anywhere else.
You have no idea what anti trust law says. It is always about a specific market. A company can even be monopoly within a city etc.
Search for geographic monopoly, if you want to learn.
I am well-aware that Apple (And Google) hold a duopoly of sorts in Silicon Valley.
One can also argue that without these so-called tech monopolies in those cities, those cities are also usually behind in technological progression compared to neighboring areas.
If you ask me, this is all being blown up by the press foaming at the mouth to report on the latest perceived David vs. Goliath battle involving Apple. Not surprisingly, reality once again appears to be quite different.
Same with the Apple Watch patent problem. Long-term, I really don't see anything to be worried about. Just a lot of noise by people who want to stir crap about Apple.
Same with the Apple Watch patent problem. Long-term, I really don't see anything to be worried about. Just a lot of noise by people who want to stir crap about Apple.
"A geographic monopoly is when one company has exclusive rights to operate within a certain geographic area (NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA teams for example)."
Apple and google do not fit that definition; yet they are popular because their products for their target market are spot on.
There are no legal restrictions from other companies entering the search engine or cell phone space. (And difficulty in executing some business plan to penetrate the market doesn't count) Unlike my block where my home is the local cable company has an exclusive monopoly on cable services.
And, additionally the cell phone space is littered with 100s of competitors.
Why would you worry that world's largest company may be forced to open one of its applications? Do you have a lot of Apple stocks?
I care about making statements that are right, rather than parrot statements that are rooted in ideology.
Beleive whatever you want, as Apple gets more market share it will exploit you guys more not me. I just bought a new Pixel 7 Pro for $100. Going forward I will see these deals more and more.
That above comment though has little to do with “geographic monopoly”. And if you think that google wont exploit you….
It’s a bad joke and notice only people with the green bubbles are the majority complaining about it. The rest of us with blue bubbles seem to of adapted and found a way around it. If you want in the club so bad buy an iPhone it’s not that difficult. If you like your droid keep it and download an app already. I can’t think of one person I know young or old that has NO APPS other than stock.
LMAO there are iPhone SEs for $300 or less depending on your carrier. They too have options for people who don’t want the latest greatest and fastest.
Still not $100
If I thought iPhone SE is better than Pixel 7 Pro, I would be in your religion. If you did not read my comments above, I have got my phones free from my company since 2013. I left iPhone at iPhone 6S and never returned. It is not a device that solves my use cases. Too restrictive for me. It is not important if it is iphone 15 pro max or iphone SE. The same OS, same ecosystem.
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Did you see the news that Justice Dept. is preparing for a large antitrust case against Apple? Android phones are, for the most part, not sold by Google but if some how Google exploits me I would have no problem to switch to iPhone as I have no brand loyalty, zero, null. Nothing for or against Google, nothing for or against Apple. They are just large companies for me. And phones are just tools for me.
"Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used its other products and services to defend against threats to its core business."
"Specifically, investigators have examined how the Apple Watch works better with the iPhone than with other brands, as well as how Apple locks competitors out of its iMessage service."
"Executives at Beeper, a start-up that made iMessage available on Android phones, spoke with investigators about how Apple blocked it from making it possible to offer messaging across competing smartphone operating systems."
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They have to win the case though. But it’s still not a geographic monopoly.
Do you have any idea about antitrust law? If Apple had less than 50% market share in the US these cases would be dismissed without consideration. They are a risk now because Apple has more than 50% market share in the US. Anyways, beleive what you believe. Apple shares went down around 1% today and analysists see this as a risk. It is not important what self experts in this forum thinks.
Maybe you could provide some case law that has a foundation.
No they wouldn’t, imo.
It’s not a monopoly. Been through court and all.
Truer words were never spoken.
Agreed
With Apple finally giving into Google's pressure and implementing RCS now this year whenever they will within iOS 18, I don't get why Beeper continued to go through the trouble they did even when that announcement came about
Like you said, if one is that desparate for blue bubbles from iMessage, get an iPhone or just wait until RCS support comes for Apple as that hopefully will be some of the beginning of the end of what's such a silly thing in the green/blue bubble divide
Wow, that is quite the huge misrepresentation from Beeper. Apple blocking them from using iMessage is not remotely the same as blocking them from offering messaging across competing systems.