App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple
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@NerdyDad said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Not really seeing how this is a monopoly as you can still go out and buy an android phone or and windows phone and not be bothered by Apple's App Store.Anti-trust in the US is not by whether you can buy something else but by whether or not people do or there are enough alternatives. The iPhone market is so large that controlling access to it is considered price setting or anti-trust. The Windows phones isn't viable, at all. Android is viable, but not to a lot of us - it's not stable enough. iPhone is literally the only phone stable enough for many of us on the market - that's a monopoly. Products like this are so expensive to make that the guy down the street from you cannot just enter the market, only a handful of enormous companies can do so and of the three giants that have done it, only two have succeeded and they are not directly competitive. It's very much a monopoly in the meaningful sense.
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@NerdyDad said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Say you wanted to buy a car, but there was only one manufacturer (GM), then, yes, that would be a monopoly as you wouldn't be able to purchase Ford or Toyota. But since Ford and Toyota and Kia and Tesla and everybody else is able to sell their products, then its not a monopoly.
Great example, and even with the variety of choices available there, the US considered GM alone to be so extensive in the marketplace that they were governed by anti-trust (monopoly) rules even with so many alternatives. Was that right? Probably not, it definitely make the Japanese carmakers able to get into the US market in a way that GM could not. Kodak was never alone they always had Agfa (Germany), Fujifilm (Japan) and 3M (USA) on the market with them, but they commanded so much mind share that they were considered a monopoly (to be ethical, Fujifilm refused to ever leverage that advantage and only competed toe to toe with Kodak, they had great respect for each other.)
So the expectations of business history make Apple far more of a monopoly than other major companies governed by monopoly laws in the past.
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
to be ethical, Fujifilm refused to ever leverage that advantage and only competed toe to toe with Kodak, they had great respect for each other.
Interesting.
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Quick question: Aren't there more Android phones than iPhones? I would think that if I was a lawyer for Apple, I would bring that up and maybe play the "we are the small guys here in comparison" as silly as that sounds LOL.
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@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
to be ethical, Fujifilm refused to ever leverage that advantage and only competed toe to toe with Kodak, they had great respect for each other.
Interesting.
Yeah, even growing up in Rochester, NY... the home of Kodak (and 3M Film, too) Fujifilm was very respected even if seen as the local nemesis. So much so, that when Fujifilm came to the US they put their offices... in Rochester! @dominica started her IT career with Fujifilm, in fact. And I started mine with Kodak.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Quick question: Aren't there more Android phones than iPhones? I would think that if I was a lawyer for Apple, I would bring that up and maybe play the "we are the small guys here in comparison" as silly as that sounds LOL.
Same with GM, they were never the majority of the market, but it didn't matter. Having the most isn't needed for anti-trust to kick in.
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@dominica started her IT career with Fujifilm, in fact. And I started mine with Kodak.
This sounds like an episode of Mr. & Mrs. Smith waiting to happen...
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Quick question: Aren't there more Android phones than iPhones? I would think that if I was a lawyer for Apple, I would bring that up and maybe play the "we are the small guys here in comparison" as silly as that sounds LOL.
Same with GM, they were never the majority of the market, but it didn't matter. Having the most isn't needed for anti-trust to kick in.
and it shouldn't be needed. If you're looking for a hammer and you find one hammer and ten turds, it doesn't really matter the different types of turds you can purchase. A turd doesn't help you.
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Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
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@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
Yup!! HeHateMe LOL
I miss the USFL. I really liked that league...more than the NFL.
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@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
Yup, and it shows how even having loads of money and loads of experience in the direct field is not enough to create a reasonable competitor. The market just won't handle two major football companies.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
Yup!! HeHateMe LOL
I miss the USFL. I really liked that league...more than the NFL.
I'm not even a fan of the WWE and I remember that. I thought it was a terrible idea and I was right. lol
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@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
Yup!! HeHateMe LOL
I miss the USFL. I really liked that league...more than the NFL.
I'm not even a fan of the WWE and I remember that. I thought it was a terrible idea and I was right. lol
To be fair, I thought the NFL was a terrible idea
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@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@wirestyle22 said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
@scottalanmiller said in App Store users can bring antitrust lawsuit against Apple:
Don't think of monopoly laws (they are NOT monopoly laws, they are anti-trust, monopoly is the uninformed masses term for them) as about being the sole competitor in the market, they are about controlling enough of the market to "overly influence market prices outside of a free market situation."
Kinda like the NFL LOL
Yes, the NFL is certainly a monopoly. But nothing stops someone else from making a football franchise system. But there is no effective way for someone else to compete.
Remember the XFL that the WWE attempted to start?
Yup!! HeHateMe LOL
I miss the USFL. I really liked that league...more than the NFL.
I'm not even a fan of the WWE and I remember that. I thought it was a terrible idea and I was right. lol
To be fair, I thought the NFL was a terrible idea
I watch the British premier league sometimes. That's as far as I go with sports.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48255541
Supreme Court upheld it.
