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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by gjsman-1000 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:11PM (#27257170)
Yes, but in monopoly law, the rules haven't changed from the perspective that Apple hasn't raised prices. Apple can lower them all they want, but if they raise them when they got their monopoly status so as to take advantage of their market, that would be illegal.

However, that relies on the idea that Apple is even a monopoly to begin with, and that really depends on what you define "the market" as. Is the product an iPhone and the whole cohesive experience with it (IAP and App Store included) in which case it's a duopoly at best, or are these separate markets that it is possible to have a monopoly in?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by rebelos on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:26PM (#27257779)
> Yes, but in monopoly law, the rules haven't changed from the perspective that Apple hasn't raised prices. Apple can lower them all they want, but if they raise them when they got their monopoly status so as to take advantage of their market, that would be illegal.

Once again you're wrong and you should really stop commenting on business law. There are a wide range of legal precedents that have bearing here and these specific dealings could absolutely be ruled as anticompetitive in court.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by peoplefromibiza on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:51PM (#27257503)
As a non American this is very interesting knowledge.

I have a question: in USA could Tesla force Tesla Powerwall owners to only buy electricity from Tesla approved suppliers and when they sell their product through Tesla store, Tesla gets a 30% cut?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by gjsman-1000 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:38PM (#27257879)
In theory, if they sold you the product with that restriction out of the box and didn't change it later to do this, so you bought the product knowing with basic research that it would be restricted in this way, yes they could.
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