Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple for 'Monopolistic Behavior'

[69Mustang]

Maybe you should learn what a monopoly is. Nobody forced them to be a developer for the App Store. They signed up on their own so they have to follow Apples terms and conditions. They are free to leave if they don't agree.

Maybe I should. How about you help me by telling me what a monopoly is? I'd greatly appreciate any knowledge you'd be willing to impart.

 

[tongxinshe]

Guess you chose not to honor my request. I even said please.

"Please admit that what I said above are 100% correct and make sure you all agree! Please, please."

I guess the above sentence should be attached to the end of every argument of yours, because it has three "please".
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Maybe you should learn what a monopoly is. Nobody forced them to be a developer for the App Store. They signed up on their own so they have to follow Apples terms and conditions. They are free to leave if they don't agree.
[doublepost=1502462564][/doublepost]Apples App Store, Apples rules. There are other choices. No monopoly going on here.

I guess more and more developers will leave Apple's land, if Apple doesn't change its arrogant attitude.
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Yeah, unfortunately that's not a get out jail free card. Ask Google. Russia made a similar claim against Google regarding the Play Store and Google's pre-installed apps.

Android does have a monopoly position.
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Apple has removed 58k apps from the Chinese App Store over the last two weeks, 10x more than normal

Then this..

As Apple forsakes Imagination Tech, concern expressed over possible Chinese takeover

Quote:" Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, which is based in Silicon Valley but funded by authorities in Beijing," It a commie front. People wake up!

If you still think China is a communist country, I guess it's you who need to wake up.

 

[rp2011]

Not sure I agree with this assessment completely. Those markets, especially in China will be dominated by localized goods. If China has any brain power and they generally do, they will protect their industry and economy by slowly converting to local supply instead of export supply. They are decades away from outsourcing supply and have a VERY strong system that supports buying local. And by local I don't mean stuff only manufactured in China by foreign interests. India is a different story, but I'd wager once they get their heads out they will follow the same path. Use cheap labor to build up an MFG infrastructure using foreign investment then transition to self supply while Africa begins to spin up.

Of course. I agree with you. But I was referring to the potential of the Chinese market. It’s no where near peaked. And to think any business would just walk away without a fight is big time crazy talk.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

"Please admit that what I said above are 100% correct and make sure you all agree! Please, please."

I guess the above sentence should be attached to the end of every argument of yours, because it has three "please".
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I guess more and more developers will leave Apple's land, if Apple doesn't change its arrogant attitude.
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Android does have a monopoly position.
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If you still think China is a communist country, I guess it's you who need to wake up.

Your reply is unfortunate in an ever increasing violent world and in terms of how china came to power.

 

[3dayslater]

CEOs need to be fully cognizant of what they are getting themselves into when going into China. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas...-tech-firms-cave-to-beijings-rules-1502215101

It's a never ending series of bending over, bowing and scraping while losing ground and IP. I hope Tim Cook went into China with native guidance and executives from the get go. You can't go into China with a western perspective and expect it to end well.

I completely agree!
Actually, I find it kind of sad that American companies risk so much (including ideals) to expand into countries that are potentially hostile not only to that company's native country but also to that company's basic principles.

Same with Disney building Shanghai Disneyland in a communist country.

As much as I love both of these companies, they deserve what they get when they knowingly value profit over their gut beliefs.

 

[SeattleMoose]

I completely agree!
Actually, I find it kind of sad that American companies risk so much (including ideals) to expand into countries that are potentially hostile not only to that company's native country but also to that company's basic principles.

Same with Disney building Shanghai Disneyland in a communist country.

As much as I love both of these companies, they deserve what they get when they knowingly value profit over their gut beliefs.

Manufacturing know-how was exported at the expense of jobs here. In the end this country will only be able to manufacture likes on FaceBook while the Chinese manufacture everything....already.