Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’

Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by s3r3nity on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:22PM (#17155229)

But Apple doesn't have a significant share of the mobile phone industry - Android (Google) does - with I believe Samsung leading the way. So how can it be monopolistic?

The comparisons in other posts is not quite apples - to - apples (no pun intended) because you can't be a monopoly when you're not in a dominant market position.

Lastly, whether or not the examples you mention "benefit" customers today is irrelevant, as you need to consider the possibility that their dominant position would mean that they might not in the future (i.e. customers not acting in their best long-term interest, or companies leveraging their market dominance in the future for non-customer-centric behavior, etc.) Platitudes like "don't be evil" don't persuade me much.

Edit: don't know why folks are down-voting a comment about US anti-trust law.

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by dgaaaaaaaaaa on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:29PM (#17155312)

Apple has 60% of market-share in high-end phone market (worldwide, it's higher in US). Oh, it is a major player

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by s3r3nity on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:36PM (#17155375)

"High-end phone market" is a specious market definition, though. When you look at "smartphone market share" or even "smartphone OS market share," it's a top player, sure, but not the dominant one (Android is still multiples of iOS.)

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by dingaling on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:16PM (#17155829)

But only about 20-25% of the overall market.

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