Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case

Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by r00fus on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:06PM (#39597373)

The grocery chain example has one very important difference: You can choose to buy Apple - they aren't a monopoly by any means in any market. Whereas with the grocery chains - you must go to the store in California or not get groceries.

I think Peter Thiel's logic is flawed. Apple does not conglomerate, does not have a monopoly in any sense, and has actively avoided those situations. In order to please shareholders it does need to innovate and attempt new markets (Project Titan is a good example).

Microsoft in the 90s was completely different - they wanted domination.

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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by orwin on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:17AM (#39601505)

They should remove non-apple apps from their 'marketplace' if this is not a market then. Or single out apps: only one tuner, only one recording, only one scanner... If they allow competition for everyone but themselves, it's anticompetitive behavior.

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