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Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by pier25 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:46PM (#23156126)
Apple could buy all DAW companies (Steinberg, Ableton, etc) for peanuts and destroy music production on Windows if they wanted. Heck they could even buy Adobe without much effort and make it mac exclusive too.

They don't do it probably because that would be considered a below the belt move and not worth the trouble since the mac is only 10% of its revenue.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by giancarlostoro on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:58PM (#23157313)
They would probably be sued for being anti competitive if they bought out all the DAW companies and did that.
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by londons_explore on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:44PM (#23159511)
Apple is not in a monopoly position, so it's a perfectly legal move.

As long as they didn't become a monopoly in any specific creative field, it would be fine too.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by totalZero on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:04PM (#23161181)
Being a monopoly is neither necessary nor sufficient for an anticompetitive business practice to be illegal.

A literal monopoly is not necessary for a court to determine that a firm can exert significant and durable market power over its competitors and customers.

If a firm is able to achieve and maintain a monopoly solely through lawful and reasonable means, such as producing and offering a superior product at a lower price, it is free to reap the benefits of that fairly-attained monopoly.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by philwelch on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:15PM (#23159953)
Acquiring all of your competitors is a good way to become a monopoly.
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by dvtrn on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:35PM (#23161990)
In what arena does Adobe compete with Apple though?
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by philwelch on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:37PM (#23162012)
> Apple could buy all DAW companies (Steinberg, Ableton, etc) for peanuts and destroy music production on Windows if they wanted.

That constitutes monopoly and anti-competitive business practices.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by dreamcompiler on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:10PM (#23163049)
"Being a monopoly" is not necessary to be in violation of US antitrust law. Merely seeking to become one via restraining trade can put you on the wrong side of the law.

But this isn't the real issue. The real issue is that the US hasn't vigorously enforced its own antitrust law in over 20 years, because a policy of "monopolies are good" was adopted in the 80s and has only gotten stronger over the years. (The Microsoft antitrust case of the 1990s was an exception.)

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by bashinator on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:31PM (#23162808)
Well, that's exactly what we're talking about, no? Buying out all the DAW software houses would give Apple a de facto monopoly in digital audio production.
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:49AM (#23166848)
In this hypothetical world where they bought all DAW software, wouldn’t they have a monopoly on DAW software?

I don’t see how this behavior would be particularly different from John Rockefeller buying up all the means of oil production.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by bosswipe on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:04PM (#23162224)
The hypothetical here was to become a monopoly in professional audio software tools.
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by thih9 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:54PM (#23159662)
> Apple could buy all DAW companies

There's also the question of how long would this work. This would stimulate windows DAW market; every software shop would want to sell the next mainstream windows DAW.

Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by kossae on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:22PM (#23160770)
Cubase would likely gain more market share I’d bet.
Re:Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of... by redis_mlc on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:07AM (#23164650)
FYI: Yamaha owns Steinberg and Cubase.