Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by xattt on Thursday September 07, 2017 @06:44AM
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Where's the anti-trust investigation over this?
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Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by Ensorceled on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:43AM
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Over what? You can use any Bluetooth head phones you want with your iPhone. I like the Jaybird X3s for running.
Apple also doesn't have a monopoly share, I have many friends who actually prefer Android and don't care that iPhones no longer have a headphone jack.
Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by Tepix on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:17AM
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Anti-trust "prohibits a variety of practices that restrain trade".
I don't see how it does that, especially given that they bundle a headphone adapter with the phone.
Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by coldtea on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:43AM
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Where's the anti-trust case in this?
Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by chrisseaton on Thursday September 07, 2017 @06:54AM
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But Apple has a minority share in this market.
Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by rplnt on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:10AM
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But they are a major player in smartphone market that they use to leverage themselves into this market. Similar to Microsoft (majority in OS) bundling browsers and media players.
Re:Bringing back the iPhone headphone jack, in China
by coldtea on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:44AM
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>But they are a major player in smartphone market that they use to leverage themselves into this market
They have less than 50% of market share, so no.
MS had almost 98% of desktop/work OS share (Linux was in its infancy then -- and is not used much for desktop even now--, and OS 8/9 had dropped to insignificant share).