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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by Drew_ on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:27PM (#39786139)
They're exerting the same influence that Google did over their Android partners. They created a faux-open market with arbitrary rules that ensure their products always win. Google lost their case because of this and Apple should too.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by jonhohle on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:46PM (#39786637)
Google lost their case because, among other things, they offered back room deals which favored a blessed few and were not available to all. E.g. you could not get the rate Spotify was getting charged for in app purchases (zero%).
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by Drew_ on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:22AM (#39789542)
You are correct and Apple is offering very similar back room deals in the App Store. It was revealed as such in their last suit.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by shuckles on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:02AM (#39787612)
Did you miss the list of Apple products that were not winning earlier in the thread?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by Drew_ on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:29AM (#39789591)
Do you think if any Apple product isn't "winning", suddenly their competition stifling rules and backroom deals don't exist anymore?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by shuckles on Friday March 22, 2024 @09:31AM (#39790552)
I think the people who say the following should have to engage with the fact that its implication is obviously not true:

> They created a faux-open market with arbitrary rules that ensure their products always win.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by Drew_ on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:04PM (#39792692)
Have fun toting around your goal post my friend.
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