Google says iMessage is too powerful

Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by lupire on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:30PM (#29899989)

You are describing anti-competitive behavior: Harming their own customers and others to protect marketshare.

A messaging platform is for communication, not just for the individual customer.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by ubermonkey on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:11AM (#29906495)

No, I am very clearly not.

Everything a company does to protect its position isn't "anticompetitive behavior." That term has a specific meaning in US law, and applies generally only to situations where market manipulation is being attempted (or committed) by a monopolist or a consortium of firms large enough to act as one.

See

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices

Neither of those situations applies to iOS and iMessage.

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