You seem to be telling me that hardware and software are one and the same market. That's total RUBBISH. That's like saying making printers and making printer paper are the same market because they function in the same machine.
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They're two different markets. You cannot force sales in one market to those in another market. It's a violation of the Sherman/Clayton Anti-Trust Act TYING provision. No monopoly is required for this violation what-so-ever.
You are wrong, and your wrongness is part of settled law.
http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/73/73.F3d.756.95-1794.html
Here's some relavent parts: "An operating system is essential to make a bunch of silicon chips a "computer." No OS, no computation. One might as well complain that General Motors includes an electrical system with every car. Some firms sell central processing units, others sell memory chips or logic boards, others sell disk drives, and still others sell operating systems and applications software; it is possible to buy parts and software to assemble a computer. But competition is more vital, and consumers are better off, when it is possible to sell entire functioning units in boxes."
I am not a lawyer, but you want to assert your case you have to prove why these Federal judges, as well as the ones who dismissed Psystar's anti-trust claims are wrong. Good luck with that.
The point is that it's NONE OF APPLE'S BUSINESS if someone wants to make a game for their operating system. We have free and open commerce in this country. Apple insisting you MUST use THEIR STORE and give them 30% of your profits or you're not allowed to write that software sure sounds like racketeering/extortion to me. I'm sure if you live in Communist China you probably think that's normal.
Well, it's a good thing that we have a legal definition for extortion:
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/extortion
I am assuming you accept that as a valid source, so we don't have to rely on what sounds like extortion to you.
So no I don't have a problem with Psystar.
You should. They lost.
Sorry, but some of us believe in consumer protection laws, not laws that let corporations screw everyone over or do things like drive health care costs up artificially at 2-3x the costs of other countries because the government lets them get away with it. Why should Apple be allowed to dictate what software other companies are allowed to write for the computer you bought?
You are trying to paint my arguments as being anti-consumer and are claiming the high ground. I disagree. I, as a consumer, PREFER that Apple dictates what software other companies are allowed to write. Why are my preferences to be ignored? I believe that consumers are better off because of Apple's policies.
I understand that you disagree, but that doesn't mean you should be able to use the force of law to make Apple do business in your preferred method. That is not the purpose of consumer protection. And I also see that you wish that there was a groundswell of consumer outrage that also forced Apple's hand.
If more consumers agree with you, then sales will suffer, and Apple will need to adjust or they fail.
If more consumers agree with me, then they will prosper.
This is how it's supposed to work.