Derek J. Balling wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Benjamin Krueger wrote: >> http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Restraint+of+Trade: >> >> /"Contracts or combinations that tend, or are designed, to eliminate >> or stifle competition, create a/ Monopoly >> <http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Monopoly>, /artificially >> maintain prices, or otherwise hamper or obstruct the course of trade >> as it would be carried on if it were left to the control of natural >> economic forces."/ > > You'd have a hard time saying that the #2 competitor in the smartphone > market has created a monopoly. I'd love to see exactly how you'd > phrase that argument to a judge in a way that didn't draw hysterical > laughter.
But Apple isn't the #2 in the smartphone market. Android has more market share, but that is across a large line of different models and manufacturers of phones. The same is true of the BlackBerry. Apple has somewhere around 25% of the market with a single product. While it is a significant portion of it to be controlled by a single company with very restrictive policies on how apps are released for their devices. -- Dan Rich <[email protected]> | http://www.employees.org/~drich/ | "Step up to red alert!" "Are you sure, sir? | It means changing the bulb in the sign..." | - Red Dwarf (BBC)
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