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0 pointsangus-prune5y ago0 comments

The legal precedent isn't that Apple doesn't have a monopoly.

There is no legal precedent on whether Apple has a monopoly. The law is entirely agnostic on whether Apple has a monopoly until it is put to a judge.

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catgary5y ago

Consoles have existed for decades applying similar rules to software distribution, no?

macintux5y ago

There is no legal precedent I’m aware of that you can carve out one company’s products and claim that constitutes a market over which it holds a monopoly, in the presence of an alternative with comparable market share.

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