Hopefully the government does the job they're paid to do.
In the retail space, all you need to do to shop somewhere else is drive to another store, on iOS, you need to do the digital equivalent of moving to a different state while simultaneously being told you can't take anything you bought with you.
People should be able to choose where they get software for their device from just as if they're able to for any other retail store.
Digital ecosystems should be considered separate markets in my opinion, switching from one to another can cost thousands depending on the devices you have and how much content you've purchased (movies, tv shows, apps, and so on... none of that is able to be migrated from one to another)
If the US government was serious about cracking down on monopoly abuse, it would have broken up or otherwise reformed Amazon and Google quite some time ago.
That they didn’t and still aren’t doing so suggests to me that this is more of a shakedown for more lobbyist/bribe/campaign money than a serious inquiry. The televised hearings have thus far only reinforced that view.
Amazon is not a monopoly by any measure unless Walmart closes all of their stores.
Even if Walmart did close all their stores, Amazon still wouldn't be on the same level as Apple.
I could make a product and sell it right from my own website and handle all logistics myself if I were so inclined.
With Apple, everyone is required to sell and distribute exclusively through the App Store while paying whatever fee they want to charge.
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In the retail space, all you need to do to shop somewhere else is drive to another store, on iOS, you need to do the digital equivalent of moving to a different state while simultaneously being told you can't take anything you bought with you.
People should be able to choose where they get software for their device from just as if they're able to for any other retail store.
Digital ecosystems should be considered separate markets in my opinion, switching from one to another can cost thousands depending on the devices you have and how much content you've purchased (movies, tv shows, apps, and so on... none of that is able to be migrated from one to another)
I could make a product and sell it right from my own website and handle all logistics myself if I were so inclined.
With Apple, everyone is required to sell and distribute exclusively through the App Store while paying whatever fee they want to charge.
Amazon doesn't prevent competition, Apple does.