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

Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by mromanuk on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:09PM (#17157444)

Yes it is. Pretty much the same case was when Microsoft bundled internet explorer by default in Windows, which was detrimental to Netscape Navigator.

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by viraptor on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:33PM (#17157689)

At that time virtually everyone was using windows though. There wasn't a competitor like Android is for iOS.

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by tekknik on Sunday May 27, 2018 @02:32PM (#17168327)

That’s just incorrect on the face of it. Linux and Mac have existed for as long as Windows, or longer. It’s pure opinion to say there were no competitors.

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by acoard on Monday May 28, 2018 @10:54AM (#17172720)

With monopoly cases, it's all about market share. In the late 90s, Windows had 95%+ of the market[0]. I believe (but may be mistaken) that the legal threshold often used is 75%. Apple isn't there, but Windows certainly was.

[0] https://cdn.arstechnica.net/articles/culture/total-share.med...

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Re:Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ... by tekknik on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:35AM (#17196149)

since when does market share determine what competitors there are? competitors are businesses competing against each other for the same market share. so your chart actually proves my statement since both linux and apple existed at this time.

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