Sony had the De Facto solution, but NOT a Monopoly !
There was a lot of competition back then !
Apple has NO competition when is comes to:
1.) App Discovery
2.) Downloads & Updates
3.) Pricing
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U.S. Department of Justice Likely to File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
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Sony had the De Facto solution, but NOT a Monopoly !
There was a lot of competition back then !
Apple has NO competition when is comes to:
1.) App Discovery
2.) Downloads & Updates
3.) Pricing
For what it’s worth about some of those firms, they themselves should be investigated for antitrust violations. Match Group comes to mind given their near monopoly on online dating and Tinder’s commanding share of the online dating market.
Will it though? In all likelihood it will make things much much worse.
No..................... the iPhone is MINE at least according to the very expensive receipt.
Send an email to DOJ emphasizing how much u disagree with their antitrust tactics against Apple….took 5 minutes to send…Google DOJ email…very easy
What are the chances this actually goes anywhere? Although, if Apple ends up forced to spin off some of its crappy services and loses App Store revenue, I view that as a positive. Maybe that will force them to stop trying to force tons of subscriptions on us and go back to hardware innovation as their only chance for growth. One can dream....
Apple's not a monopoly, though. They have a minority of market share and face competition in every category.
Apple's not a monopoly, though. They have a minority of market share and face competition in every category.
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Does Apple Suppress Third-Party App Innovation (for their own benefit) ?
Are there Prime Examples of that ?
If one looks for them, they will find them !
The DOJ is very misguided on this issue. It seemingly cannot even recognize an easy anti-trust case against Google's search and Facebook's platform and instead look at Apple for policies that are indistingushable from policies that have been in place for decades by major brick and mortar retailers who make vendors play to play all the time. It is actually a disgrace and an abhorrent waste of taxpayer money. The federal government should be ashamed if this case is pursued.
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Tech giants have skirted regulation because of how monopolies are defined by law. Democrats now want to rewrite those laws.
Antitrust law has focused on overcharging consumers, but Democrats want to update laws for tech companies that provide free services.
www.businessinsider.com
- Now that House Democrats have completed a sweeping antitrust investigation into Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google, they're prepared to introduce new laws to curb the tech giants' power.
- Meanwhile, Republicans have signaled that they're on board for some — but not all — of Democrats' plans for new antitrust laws.
Who Wants to Undo Facebook? (Published 2020)
The F.T.C. and more than 40 states seek to break up the tech giant.
The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states sued Facebook yesterday, saying its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp unfairly eliminated competition. They called for Facebook to be split apart and restricted in making future deals, “some of the most severe penalties regulators can demand,” write The Times’s Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac.
Big Tech’s dominance is a source of bipartisan ire, and the federal case against Facebook is expected to continue under President-elect Joe Biden. Attorneys general from 46 states, the District of Columbia and Guam signed the state suit, with only Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and South Dakota sitting it out. The F.T.C.’s leadership was split — its Trump-appointed chairman, Joseph Simons, and the two Democratic commissioners voted to pursue its lawsuit, with the two other Republican commissioners against.
Democrats call for Congress to rein in, break up Big Tech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are calling for Congress to rein in Big Tech, possibly forcing Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple to break up their businesses, while making it harder for them to acquire others and imposing new rules to safeguard competition.
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Democratic lawmakers are calling for Congress to rein in Big Tech, possibly forcing Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple to break up their businesses, while making it harder for them to acquire others and imposing new rules to safeguard competition.
Apple did kick Epic off the platform. When you can't compete you sue.
Oh oh, I have mixed feelings about it as a long time iOS user but this can't be good. I think Apple will have a battle with this one.
Although iOS is buggy, features like blocking app tracking and it's sign in features, using random emails instead of my real one are why I still use it. Hope they don't force those to change.
Although iOS is buggy, features like blocking app tracking and it's sign in features, using random emails instead of my real one are why I still use it. Hope they don't force those to change.
It’s more likely that there’s no one spending lobbying money to get them to put pressure on Facebook or Google, but Epic, et al. are lobbying the government (whether it be politicians or the DoJ itself, I honestly don’t know how lobbying works when it comes to Executive Branch cabinet level positions, it almost certainly occurs, but I don’t know if that pressure comes from congress-critters who’ve been lobbied or if lobbyists have a direct way to lobby cabinet level offices).
They kicked them off for breaking the contract that Epic agreed to. Not just because they felt like it. Apple also tried to work with Epic before kicking them off but Epic threw a tantrum and told Apple to pound sand.
If true, which I have no reason to doubt, it transforms a disgraceful waste of taxpayer funds into corruption and an intolerable abuse of power. This is so bad I will never vote for any of the people in currently in power ever again.
There’s probably a decently strong case that newspapers/news networks could argue against Facebook, based on the terms of the publishing partnership agreements news sites have to make with Facebook, which do tend to be in Facebook’s favor. It’s a minor one but seems to be a fairly easy anti-trust case.
Sony was probably the most popular brand and held a big (majority?) percent of the market, but there were many other portable cassette players from other brands: Panasonic, RCA, Sanyo, Toshiba, General Electric, Sharp, JVC, Aiwa
Not even a hard case ... although the case against Google is even easier.
Facebook documents offer a treasure trove for Washington’s antitrust war
Documents collected by whistleblower Frances Haugen could give the company "a lot to regret" in its fights to prove it's not a monopoly.
Perhaps it's that Facebook owns some of the biggest platforms on Earth...
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp
That's where the "Break Them Up!" chant comes from.
Yes, it's the very definition of monopoly power.Perhaps it's that Facebook owns some of the biggest platforms on Earth...
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp
That's where the "Break Them Up!" chant comes from.
What Facebook is doing does not excuse what Apple is doing. Facebook's time will hopefully come soon.