Comment on Apple ordered by EU regulators to open up to rivals.

• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While I appreciate semantic clarity as much as anybody else I’m not sure it changes my question in this case.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Really? Anticompetitive practices don’t require you to have a monopoly over any specific area though. The answer to “what do they have a monopoly in” is “they don’t.”

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    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I didn’t say that. What I said was if you change “monopoly” for “anticompetitive practices” my question still stands. “How is it different from how Nintendo acts with the Switch?” Keeping in mind that I had already conceded that better smartwatch access made sense.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It does require that though, at least in the US. Previous antitrust actions have made it clear that a monopoly is the distinction. If you don’t control the market it’s acceptable to use all sort of sketchy practices to grow your market share. It’s only after you’ve succeeded enough to control the market that these same behaviors are “anti trust”, unfairly locking out competition.

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      • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        at least in the US

        And there’s your answer

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