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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by SoftTalker on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:59PM (#33070290)
Apple isn't the only online advertising platform, and they don't have anything close to a monopoly there. They are free to build their own ad tech and keep it to themselves, or give themselves preferential access.
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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by shrewduser on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:18PM (#33072313)
That's missing the point, Apple owns the platform and are using that dominance to push people out while pushing themselves in.

Using your dominance in one industry like that could fall afoul of anti monopoly laws.

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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by paulmd on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:38PM (#33072578)
> That's missing the point, Apple owns the platform

People make a lot of to-do about it, but, that's not really an unusual thing in the market anymore. Sony has exclusive control of their store, does not permit sideloading, and no, the hardware isn't subsidized.

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/325504-sony-finally-turns...

Regardless of whether you feel that's also bad, it goes to establish that this is not unusual or particularly noteworthy behavior.

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