Re:I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf]
by slg on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:14PM
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>there’s a point to be made about how much monopoly power Apple holds
>If anything, the lesson to be learned here is that if your business depends exclusively on another company for its survival then it’s not your business.
The problem is that these two ideas shouldn't coexist. If Apple does have monopoly powers then mobile app developers have no choice but to base their business's survival on the whims of Apple. Once a company reaches a near monopoly, both the laws and obligations regarding how that company must operate change.
>If anything, the lesson to be learned here is that if your business depends exclusively on another company for its survival then it’s not your business.
The problem is that these two ideas shouldn't coexist. If Apple does have monopoly powers then mobile app developers have no choice but to base their business's survival on the whims of Apple. Once a company reaches a near monopoly, both the laws and obligations regarding how that company must operate change.