Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support

Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by AlexandrB on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:27AM (#9426872)

> Apple is a vile antitrust monstrosity. These jerks needed to be slammed with a lawsuit long before this one single example of their flamboyant and abundant anti-competitive behavior.

While Apple are being increasingly huge dicks with their ecosystem I think you'd be hard-pressed with an antitrust case because Apple does not have a monopoly (or even a majority marketshare) on mobile devices.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by zamalek on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:31AM (#9426914)

> I think you'd be hard-pressed with an antitrust case because Apple does not have a monopoly on mobile devices.

> [Merriam-Webster] of, relating to, or being legislation against or opposition to trusts or combinations; specifically: consisting of laws to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices.

It doesn't only apply to monopolies but it is a very good tool for dealing with them.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by captainmuon on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:34AM (#9426935)

They have a monopoly for the iOS platform, at least. And in some jurisdictions you don't need a monopoly to be guilty of anticompetitive behavior.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by AlexandrB on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:40AM (#9427010)

Do you have the same stance on Twitter? Twitter has a monopoly on the Twitter platform and may choose not to provide API keys for apps that it doesn't want to exist. Is this abusing a monopoly? If not, why not?

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by Alupis on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:52AM (#9427104)

If Twitter was killing an App or Device made by a 3rd party simply because Twitter was entering that market and wished to monopolize the user-share, then yes I'd consider that anti-competitive.

(yes, Twitter does just that, and yes, it's anti-competitive in my book).

Simply not being able to mention "Android" or "Android Wear" or now "Pebble Watch" is ridiculous. If I chose to buy an Android Wear or Pebble Watch, it's because I felt it was a better match for me... I still would have bought an iPhone (since I'm looking for iPhone Apps).

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by mikeryan on Thursday April 23, 2015 @11:29AM (#9427365)

If Twitter was killing an App or Device made by a 3rd party simply because Twitter was entering that market and wished to monopolize the user-share, then yes I'd consider that anti-competitive.

This is exactly what they've done.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by Alupis on Thursday April 23, 2015 @11:32AM (#9427392)

> This is exactly what they've done.

I realize that. If you look at the parent, they were making the argument that it's not the same.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by mason240 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @11:35AM (#9427418)

>If Twitter was killing an App or Device made by a 3rd party simply because Twitter was entering that market and wished to monopolize the user-share, then yes I'd consider that anti-competitive.

Don't they have long history of doing exactly that?

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by pjc50 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:54AM (#9427125)

Twitter's stance of shutting down apps that get too many subscribers definitely looks bad to me - although it's a little different in that no money changes hands.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2104603/metrotwit-vanishes-as...

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:50AM (#9427090)

Twitter has definitely performed anticompetitively in the past like that. Legal or not, it's abusing their position.

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Re:Apple now rejecting apps with Pebble Smartwatch support by burnte on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:35AM (#9426952)

I'll agree they're not a monopoly, but they're being highly anti-competetive, to a point that a legal remedy might actually be successful should the FTC or DOJ push it.

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