On May 3, 4:03 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Although to me it seems like excluding things like Google Voice/ > Latitude, competing email apps, Amazon music store are more of an > issue than mandating the use of Objective C. The former is truly anti- > competitive behavior.
But I doubt it's illegal, unless Apple's in a monopoly situation and abusing the monopoly (having a monopoly is legal in the U.S., typically not in Europe). Retailers select what they sell all the time and deny certain suppliers for all sorts of reasons (e.g., they don't get bribed enough to "participate in ad campaigns"). If they think something doesn't sell or isn't cheap enough then they drop it, and that doesn't seem to be illegal. In the case of the Amazon music store - why should Apple have to promote a competing music store? Amazon doesn't promote iTunes, either. The only case I know where this happened was with Microsoft where they abused their monopoly and now (in Europe) have to present a browser ballot screen to users. Now Apple has gotten more relaxed in rejecting apps that "duplicate built-in functionality" recently - the iPad shipped with the Kindle book store on day one, and Opera is the first non-Webkit browser on the iPhone. What most people forget is that Apple makes little money with iTunes, but a lot of money with iPhones and iP?ds. So from one angle, it's in their own best interest to have the widest software / media selection on their devices. Surely, this can be overruled (like banning Flash), but for books, Apple doesn't care whether you buy from Kindle or Apple as long as you read it on an iPhones or iP?d. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
