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Re:Apple rejects Hey for second time, threatens removal from... by Despegar on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:01PM (#23544059)
Does the Walmart that has a McDonalds within their store need to charge themselves rent because McDonalds has to in order for it to be "fair"?
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Re:Apple rejects Hey for second time, threatens removal from... by foepys on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:05PM (#23544109)
At a certain market share anti-trust kicks in. The market share does not have to be at 100%, it can even be lower than 50% if your "niche share" in this market is large enough.
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Re:Apple rejects Hey for second time, threatens removal from... by ficklepickle on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:44PM (#23544610)
That assumes that Walmart is the franchisee of the McDonalds located in their store. I cannot find any evidence to support that. I found a WSJ article[0] that indicates that Subway locations inside Walmarts are run by individual franchisees. So it would probably be fair to say that yes, restaurants located inside of Walmart stores probably pay rent.

[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118970298406826519

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Re:Apple rejects Hey for second time, threatens removal from... by Despegar on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @06:10PM (#23544910)
The specifics of their business arrangements aren't relevant to my analogy.
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Re:Apple rejects Hey for second time, threatens removal from... by criddell on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:24PM (#23544370)
Apple Music competes with Spotify with a very similar product.

Walmart and McDonald's are for more different.

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