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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by snowwrestler on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:18PM (#26172575)
Microsoft was a supplier accused of abusing its market share to disadvantage other suppliers. They did not get prosecuted for being popular.

Apple is not a supplier. They only sell directly to consumers. They don’t even try to make their app store available on competing phones, even if it is technically possible.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:22PM (#26172607)
> Apple is not a supplier. They only sell directly to consumers

Nitpick: Apple Music competing with Spotify is remarkably similar to the Microsoft case. (Epic's case is weaker.)

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by snowwrestler on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:45PM (#26172836)
Apple sells the computer. There is a reason Microsoft got prosecuted for those 90s contracts and not Gateway. OEMs have the right to decide what software they install at the factory.

Apple Music is available in the Google Play Store but I don’t know of any credible accusation that Apple has tried to get Google to kick Spotify out.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by pjmlp on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:39AM (#26176712)
PC market share.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by FrojoS on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:14PM (#26173715)
But Apple doesn’t take a cut on my Spotify subscription, afaik.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by chc on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:49PM (#26172884)
Me: Nobody's saying it's Apple's fault that they're in a duopoly position in the phone space, but that doesn't absolve them of the responsibility that position holds either. What is Apple's fault is that they're using their position in one market to force out potential competitors in other markets.

You: Microsoft did not get prosecuted for being popular.

How does that response follow at all?

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by snowwrestler on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:03PM (#26173046)
It’s not illegal or wrong to use your position in one market to enter and compete in other markets. If it was, Disney Plus would be illegal, and so would fresh groceries in Target. That’s not what Microsoft got in trouble for.
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