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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by thayne on Monday April 24, 2023 @11:19PM (#35696170)
Define the market as mobile OS and it would be pretty hard to argue that Google and Apple aren't a duopoly. And they both are definitely abusing that market power, often in very similar ways, including using that duopoly to favor their app store products, which includes a large commission for them.
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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by simonh on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:24AM (#35698930)
The argument there for Apple is whether the App Store is a product, or a feature of their product. In Google's case they have chosen to offer their store un-bundled from the base OS. Apple does not, for them it's just a feature of their phone in the same way that the stores on games consoles are features.
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