Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security

Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by ascagnel_ on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:55AM (#31896350)

It reminds me of what Apple did with iBooks: they weren't trying to do the right thing, they did it the wrong way, but if they had been successful, it would have been better for the market as a whole. The DoJ correctly went after Apple and eventually won, but they also should have looked at Amazon for using what were basically dumping-level prices to secure the market for themselves.

Apple is in the wrong to tie Safari to iOS and block the installation of other browsers. They're wrong to do it for the sake of keeping control of the OS. They're right to do it, because that's the only thing that's keeping Chrome from a near-monopoly of the browser space.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by canuckintime on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:18PM (#31896737)

> It reminds me of what Apple did with iBooks: they weren't trying to do the right thing, they did it the wrong way, but if they had been successful, it would have been better for the market as a whole... Amazon for using what were basically dumping-level prices

Apple was successful in that regard though; the contracts they made with Big 5 remained intact and Apple didn't have to compete with Amazon on price. Apple's strategy was not better for the market as a whole because Apple never cared about the market as a whole. Due to Apple's anti-competitive behaviour we are still stuck with a Publishing industry decades behind on digital

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