I give this suit tacit support only because i see OS X going the same way very soon.
Abuah?!
what?
listen, i'm all against monopolistic competitive practices.
I'm all for releasing some stranglehold on economies that filthy rich have. i'm all for competition for luxury items.
but There's no monopoly here. If you don't like Apple's app store policy, There's a giant swath of Android manufacturers out there offering competitions, many come with their own App stores. If you're looking for an open and free market, that exists.
But where then does this "monopoly" end? What about OS? Apple has 100% of iOS installations on iPhones. is that not a monopoly preventing me choice of what OS I want? (although, I would love to buy an iPhone running android)
this is a slippery slope. Sometimes, yes, Lawsuits are required to keep a company in check, but sometimes, these things are more dangerous to the market than helpful
/Lower prices???? they cannot be serious. How can you get lower than free? The app developers have to pay you to use it?
/Lower prices???? they cannot be serious. How can you get lower than free? The app developers have to pay you to use it?
I thought the purpose of selling within the App Store was to protect iOS users from malicious software.
At least that was the official reason...
In other news McDonald's is being sued for being the only place you can buy a Big Mac
Is this really so hard to understand? There are absolutely NO alternatives to buying IOS(!!!!) apps other than Apple's own app store. With the large market that Apple owns, this IS a problem for customers because there is no competition.
The comparison with IOS vs Android has abolutely nothing to do with it.
Now imagine a world where Windows applications could only be bought from Microsoft. You would be screaming havoc -- even though there are the Mac and Linux. But the fact that there are other operating systems doesn't really help the majority of Windows users, does it?
This lawsuit against Apple is long overdue.
You miss the point, App prices are still set by App developers, even if other App stores are allowed on iPhone App developer still sets the price, so how competition will decrease App price, please explain.Is this really so hard to understand? There are absolutely NO alternatives to buying IOS(!!!!) apps other than Apple's own app store. With the large market that Apple owns, this IS a problem for customers because there is no competition.
The comparison with IOS vs Android has abolutely nothing to do with it.
Now imagine a world where Windows applications could only be bought from Microsoft. You would be screaming havoc -- even though there are the Mac and Linux. But the fact that there are other operating systems doesn't really help the majority of Windows users, does it?
This lawsuit against Apple is long overdue.
Apple has used their monopoly power to censor apps, and to ban apps that compete with their own apps.
If Microsoft had tried to force a Microsoft-only app store back in the early days of PDAs and smartphones, people would've screamed bloody murder.
Agree. It's not a monopoly. I mean, there are SO MANY examples of why and how this would goof up many other companies. But this decision wasn't about the issue, just the right of a lawsuit to go forward.It's not like Apple is prohibiting anyone from buying Android Apps? I do not understand how this can possibly be seen as a monopoly. There are multiple alternatives to the App store, and nothing stopping one from using them, unless I am missing something?
So when some idiot downloads an app from "Bob's" App store and it steals all their financial information do they get to sue Apple for not preventing it? These are simply lawyers looking for a payday.
Is this really so hard to understand? There are absolutely NO alternatives to buying IOS(!!!!) apps other than Apple's own app store. With the large market that Apple owns, this IS a problem for customers because there is no competition.
Show me one restaurant with free food.The restaurant comment is pointless, how about you change that to "all the restaurants are owned by one company" so they can not only set the menu, they control the price too. Opening this up will be a plus for all. If you want to eat at apple still, you can, if you want to walk down the road you also "could"..
It's not like Apple is prohibiting anyone from buying Android Apps? I do not understand how this can possibly be seen as a monopoly. There are multiple alternatives to the App store, and nothing stopping one from using them, unless I am missing something?
Does this happen in the PC, OSX, etc world? (Real question, I honestly don't know). I'm leaning towards not because the fault lies on the seller of said application (which we used to simply call programs or software).So when some idiot downloads an app from "Bob's" App store and it steals all their financial information do they get to sue Apple for not preventing it? These are simply lawyers looking for a payday.
Is this really so hard to understand? There are absolutely NO alternatives to buying IOS(!!!!) apps other than Apple's own app store. With the large market that Apple owns, this IS a problem for customers because there is no competition.
The comparison with IOS vs Android has abolutely nothing to do with it.
Now imagine a world where Windows applications could only be bought from Microsoft. You would be screaming havoc -- even though there are the Mac and Linux. But the fact that there are other operating systems doesn't really help the majority of Windows users, does it?
This lawsuit against Apple is long overdue.