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Re:How Apple Cheats by mseebach on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @01:07PM (#7811463)
> who cannot reasonably obtain the product or service

But it's not reasonable. A major selling point of iOS devices is that it's a walled garden. You knew that (or had a chance to learn it) when you bought your iOS device and you had a reasonable alternative (Android) without this limitation.

You want to have your cake and eat it too. That's all well, but the fact that you can't doesn't make Apple a monopoly.

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Re:How Apple Cheats by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @01:17PM (#7811527)
That the customers know it's a monopoly at the outset doesn't make it not a monopoly.

You're the one trying to have your cake and eat it too. You want a walled garden, which is a monopoly, and then want to claim it isn't one.

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