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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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