Comment on Fortnite returns to iPhone app store in US, ending exile imposed by Apple
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 weeks agoThis is them using their market share in phones, to avoid competing fairly with third party software app stores like Steam.
Have you actually looked at the iPhones market share? They don’t have a monopoly, far from it - Android is the market leader in phone OS’s by a country mile.
And let me be frank. Your assertion that Epic is not a good company and Apple is not a good company, in the same breadth, is false equivalency horseshit.
Not at all. Epic have rules on what games can be hosted on the Epic Game Store too btw.
They use their dominant platform position to be an absolute drag on the economy at large
Apple don’t have a dominant platform position. They do not have a monopoly. They do not have to allow competitors to operate on their platform.
Your entire post is based on an incorrect premise.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
57% US market share. This decision has no bearing on any other market, and to expand the view to the global market is disingenuous.
I can install Steam if Epic doesn’t allow a game I want on it, or install it directly from the developer. You don’t have that option with the iPhone.
Yes, they do. Especially when that platform is synonymous with 57% of the hardware in use.
Ironic.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I have maybe a handful of people on lemmy tagged, if that. That means, those where the most stupid, ignorant, obnoxious, disingenious people, or otherwise not worth of serious discourse, to the point i felt it necessary to remember that with a tag.
Now this guy i have put down as “that weird guy who really loves corporations”. Make of that what you want for your conversation.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 weeks ago
So well outside of monopoly territory. Thanks for checking :)
And you’re not entitled to that option. It’s apples product and they don’t have to build ways for competitors to eat their lunch, nor should they. If you want a platform that allows you to install stuff from any source, get an android phone or one that does.
Why? 57% is far, FAR, below where anti-competition and anti-trust rules come in to play.
Says the guy who thinks 57% market share in a market with 2 players is a monopoly lol.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I mean sure, ignoring the fact that the justice department is actively suing Apple for being a monopoly, Apple isn’t a monopoly.
Ignoring the fact that a court of law ordered the situation being reported on, there’s no reason Apple should have to do what they are doing.
As long as we ignore reality, the things you’re claiming make perfect sense.
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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
FYI, this person is a sealion. Their MO is stringing people along with bad faith arguments in an attempt to waste their time.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 weeks ago
They’re accusing them of having a monopoly. That doesn’t mean they have a monopoly. Remember, the FTC sued Microsoft to try and stop them buying Activision because they claimed that would give them a monopoly on “high powered gaming consoles” despite Playstation - the clear market leader for 5 generations straight - outselling them 3:1 at the time, and probably closer to 10:1 right now. Not every lawsuit wins. The government aren’t always right.
Also courts ruled in this very case that Apple do not have a monopoly:
I’m saying no court or government should be allowed to order a business to allow someone to sell something on their store, or build functionality for them to be able to have their own store on a device. It’s absurd.
Apple weren’t ordered by the courts to put the game back on the store btw. They were ordered to not reject applications for the store based on them linking to an outside payment method. The Judge said if they rejected the application for any reason they would need to go to court AGAIN to prove that it wasn’t because of that. Apple just approved it instead.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
My fucking god youre both remarkably dumb, and remarkably confident in how dumb you are.
Please do us all a favour and go and read the Wikipedia article on anti-competitive behaviour and anti-competition laws before commenting.
And just in case you lack the mental faculties to actually parse that Wikipedia article, the key lesson we’re looking for you to learn is that you do not need a a monopoly to behave anti-competitively, you just need market power.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 weeks ago
They don’t have dominant market share, so everything you just said is irrelevant.