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0 pointsazalemeth3y ago0 comments

Honestly, I think the regulators should look at basically all of those things. Here in Europe scrutiny is building and a lot of those organisations do party hard and play loose with the rules. Microsoft is famously anticompetitive, but Adobe, Google and Apple can't be far behind in their respective areas.

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scarface743y ago

Really? So you really think companies shouldn’t be able to sell software that works together bundled together? Why stop there? Phones and computers shouldn’t be “bundled” with operating systems? Computers shouldn’t be “bundled” with sound hardware? Where does it stop?

cratermoon3y ago

Bundling is fine. Bundling by a company that is a monopoly in the space is (or rather, used to be) a violation of antitrust law. But see Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox, especially sections IIA and IIIB: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-parado...

scarface743y ago

So in that case, every cable company is a local monopoly and shouldn’t be allowed to bundle channels. Doesn’t anyone see how silly this sounds in 2022?

Disney is by far the largest entertainment conglomerate. Should they not be allowed to bundle Hulu, Disney and ESPN?

Intel has over 80% of the PC market, how much hardware should they be able to bundle on their motherboard?

And HN has a habit of calling any big company a “monopoly”. Amazon only has 56% share of e-commerce and a tiny share of all commerce in the US

But getting back to MS Office, I have three “office suites” right now on my phone - all three made by companies worth 1 trillion dollars - Google, Microsoft, and Apple.

There is no “monopoly” in the IDP space.

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scarface743y ago

cratermoon3y ago

scarface743y ago

So in that case, every cable company is a local monopoly and shouldn’t be allowed to bundle channels. Doesn’t anyone see how silly this sounds in 2022?

Disney is by far the largest entertainment conglomerate. Should they not be allowed to bundle Hulu, Disney and ESPN?

Intel has over 80% of the PC market, how much hardware should they be able to bundle on their motherboard?

And HN has a habit of calling any big company a “monopoly”. Amazon only has 56% share of e-commerce and a tiny share of all commerce in the US

But getting back to MS Office, I have three “office suites” right now on my phone - all three made by companies worth 1 trillion dollars - Google, Microsoft, and Apple.

There is no “monopoly” in the IDP space.

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