Apple controls the sole store with mobile applications for Apple iOS devices (Reply #16)

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Mon May 13, 2019, 07:22 PM

Politicub (11,394 posts)

16. Apple controls the sole store with mobile applications for Apple iOS devices

There is no other marketplace for an iPhone user to turn to for apps for her device.

Apps are an essential element of the expectations of what a smartphone enables.

Apple requires that app developers use its marketplace for distribution. There is no other App Store that a user can access without jailbreaking her iPhone.

Unless Apple allows other marketplaces to compete, it is indeed a monopoly when it comes to applications on iPhone.

It’s not about Android versus Apple. This case is about Apple versus consumer choice for the source of applications, and developers versus Apple for competitive marketplaces to distribute their wares.

There are benefits to Apple’s walled-garden approach to the device and software. It reduces the chance for malicious software to find its way on users’ phones. A consumer benefit provided by a single-source company does not excuse a company from abusing its hold on a marketplace it created.

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24 replies	Author	Time	Post
Supreme Court rules against Apple, allowing lawsuit targeting App Store to proceed [View all]	BumRushDaShow	May 2019	OP
"Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined the liberal justices in the majority."	MissMillie	May 2019	#1
Trump only gives a shit about himself	emulatorloo	May 2019	#3
Kavanaugh actually wrote the opinion, which was joined by RBG, Kagan, Sotomayor and Breyer	Calista241	May 2019	#10
Apple's not a "monopoly". Plenty of other tablets and phones availabile from other manufacturers	emulatorloo	May 2019	#2
Not at all hyperbolic.	MicaelS	May 2019	#4
It's their technology! Apple has a monopoly on Apple products? What a revelation.	Pisces	May 2019	#6
Exactly! lol	LiberalLovinLug	May 2019	#15
More to the point, they're maligning Apple on computers and smartphones made by other tech companies	brooklynite	May 2019	#21
I believe it is called proprietary, not monopoly	Nictuku	May 2019	#7
Good point.	MicaelS	May 2019	#13
Maybe install Linux then. Neither MS or Apple are required to give you free "non-proprietary"	emulatorloo	May 2019	#17
They is more to the issue than that.	MicaelS	May 2019	#24
Isn't the case about how they are running	cstanleytech	May 2019	#5
Seems the bigger issue	BumRushDaShow	May 2019	#8
A vertical monopoly.	LanternWaste	May 2019	#14
Apple controls the sole store with mobile applications for Apple iOS devices	Politicub	May 2019	#16
I don't care. As long as they are fair on their pricing. If you feel it is too onerous for you	emulatorloo	May 2019	#18
It's not all about you.	Politicub	May 2019	#20
It is not about you either. I am a retired content provider/developer so of course	emulatorloo	May 2019	#22
Don't really get the hate for Apple either, personally.	Jedi Guy	May 2019	#23
In 2016, Tim Cook donated $236,000 to Hillary's Victory fundraising committee.	crazytown	May 2019	#9
What a JOKE...ok Apple is a monopoly,now you guys can go sue them..........	Bengus81	May 2019	#11
Excellent!	Five Ten Nineteen	May 2019	#12
Please don't insinuate people are cult members because they prefer using Apple products.	emulatorloo	May 2019	#19

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