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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by Pooter on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @12:57AM (#2225255)
Apple doesn't even come close to having a monopoly.

Microsoft most certainly did have one during the browser wars, and were leveraging it to get people to increase IE marketshare.

With Windows on the desktop, you didn't really have much of a choice but Windows if you were going to use pre-package software, play games, or do business. With the iPhone, you've got tons of competition - Android, RIM, and WP7. If you don't want to work in that model, nothing forces you to, either as end user or VAR.

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Re:Rhapsody passes on Apple's "economically untenable" sub p... by ladon86 on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @03:43AM (#2225705)
They're pretty close to having a monopoly on paid digital music downloads, and perhaps portable music devices, and they're shutting out competitor streaming music services with this move.
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