U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by supportengineer on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:49PM (#39781968)

We have message interoperability already. I can install any messenger of my choosing. I can install WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Signal, etc, etc.

But I don't need any of those because 99% of the people I communicate with are on iMessage.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by skeaker on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:55PM (#39782039)

And again, you choose to not be able to communicate with that 1% over iMessage why? It sounds like being able to do so would only benefit you.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by supportengineer on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:07PM (#39782188)

I actually offered to buy that person an iPhone. But regardless, no one is a victim here.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by skeaker on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:26PM (#39782456)

Seems it would have costed you a lot less if Apple just didn't arbitrarily block that person in the first place.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by jgwil2 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:19PM (#39783864)

If that person had taken you up on that offer, you would literally be a victim of their anticompetitive practices.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by dleink on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:20PM (#39782381)

Android has a 70% global market share. You really only communicate with one person of that 70%?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mattl on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:52PM (#39783563)

Everyone I communicate with who has an Android device has WhatsApp or Signal installed. Same is true of 99% of iPhone users.

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