That's not a monopoly. It's a closed & controlled system. As long as
other vendors can and do sell apps, Apple isn't the only source of apps.
And even if it were, one doesn't have to use an Apple product as there
are plenty of other options for everything. So while apple may control
what goes on their stuff, they are not immune to competition from other
platforms. If it were so bad as you guys seem to be making out, Android
would be ruling the day in tablet land as there is plenty of competition.
On 12/10/2011 3:52 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Care to sell an app on ipad/iphone/ipod without giving apple 20-30% ? Have
another store to buy an app through?
When was the last time you bought a car that would only get gas at xyz store?
Last time you bought a bluray player that only plays sony brand bluray discs. ?
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Don't understand...they obviously got a lead in developing apps for
their products.
On 12/10/2011 3:41 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Unless of course that front is distributing apps for their products.
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Apple is not dictating hardware prices. They have plenty of competition
on every front, for every product they sell. You guys are too funny.
On 12/10/2011 3:35 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Nail on the head! I don't want any single source dictating hardware prices
and that IS how Apple is a monopoly. They are riding on the cost tails of
the wintel juggernaut that would not exist in a Apple dominated market.
On Dec 10, 2011 8:30 AM, "Thane Sherrington"<
[email protected]> wrote:
At 09:43 AM 10/12/2011, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
What are you talking about, man? Apple makes laptops, pcs, tablets, mp3
players, etc. Others make devices that do exactly the same things that
Apple products do. You can't say apple has a monopoly on its products
anymore than you can say that lenovo has a monopoly on the x220t laptop or
samsung has a monopoly on the series 7 slate. It's a silly argument.
Apple laptops are part of a plethora of hardware choices.
Having a closed ecosystem doesn't make it a monopoly. You have no loss
of choice and you aren't forced into anything. Hating for little reason is
not an attractive trait.
I think his point was: If Apple were to get 95% of the market (like
Microsoft has) then there would be no Dell, HP, Acer, etc choices. If you
want Apple OS, you must by Apple hardware. I guess it's not a monopoly
(although it shares some characteristics), it's more of a closed garden.
Frankly, I'm glad that Microsoft (for all its warts) is the dominant
player in the PC world. If things were reversed, the PC world would be a
lot less interesting.
T
