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22july2013 said: You make a fair case for consumer freedom. But you don't realize that corporations also have freedom to not be required to provide the software and services to allow for third party app stores. How would you like it if you sold …
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tenthousandthings said: There are a number of comments here that don’t seem to understand the role of the judge in this process. The judge is supposed to ask difficult questions. Having done so means this is a good judge. Sweeney got to go f…
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crowley said: 9secondkox2 said: Beats said: gc_uk said: Nobody seems to understand what a monopoly is. Just because there are other phones doesn’t mean Apple isn’t engaging in a monopoly. Wal-Mart has a monopoly on W…
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fizzmaster said: gc_uk said: MauiMac5341 said: To paraphrase the judge. What’s wrong with Amazon providing a link to allow customers cheaper option to buy stuff elsewhere? Wait that doesn’t make any sense here either Amazon…
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Apple need to maintain 150,000 APIs because Apple won’t allow developers to create their own.
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Beats said: gc_uk said: Nobody seems to understand what a monopoly is. Just because there are other phones doesn’t mean Apple isn’t engaging in a monopoly. Wal-Mart has a monopoly on Wal-Mart. That doesn’t mean Coca Cola has the r…
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lkrupp said: chadbag said: I think it is kind of disingenuous to deflect the questions of App Store margin etc. Who’s business is it to question App Store margins? Who determines what a fair margin is? Who gets to regulate corpor…
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MauiMac5341 said: To paraphrase the judge. What’s wrong with Amazon providing a link to allow customers cheaper option to buy stuff elsewhere? Wait that doesn’t make any sense here either Amazon lists vendors who are not Amazon and are s…
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Nobody seems to understand what a monopoly is. Just because there are other phones doesn’t mean Apple isn’t engaging in a monopoly.
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"You're sanding it wrong."
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Xed said: Do you know what I do when I want to save money on a purchase? I look for discounts instead of just expecting them to manifest, but maybe that's me and my lack of entitlement speaking. Oftentimes when I buy a product from a st…
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mcdave said: caladanian said: Good. There should also be a possibility to merge Apple IDs. I use several IDs for different countries (some apps are only available in different App Stores – this is a mess, especially on Europe with at…
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foregoneconclusion said: Smart move on Apple's part. From what I've seen reported by the video game industry in the past, both Sony and MS had adopted hardware strategies post PS3/360 where they tried to come relatively close to break even on…
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KBChicago said: Sidewalk. Because I want strangers on my wifi network. The article says it uses Bluetooth and works in the same way as the Find My network. So you’re happy with strangers to connect to your wifi if they have an apple devic…
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Japhey said: Tile’s response to competing with a “monopoly” is to align itself with another monopoly? Was that so hard? Did we really need the wounded, crybaby routine these last several months? Now, they will sink or swim based completely on…
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dysamoria said: So here’s a great moment to start asking Tile & Amazon why they don’t include any anti-stalking/abuse functionality. i find it interesting that the Tile product comes with its own keychain loop built in, while Apple’s pro…
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CheeseFreeze said: What an anti-EU sentiment on this forum by a bunch of Americans who look at the world in two dimensions. Unbelievable, considering how America has been screwing up most of pretty much everything. Most seem not even to know…
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hexclock said: Socialists don’t believe in private ownership, nor individuality. Which countries in the EU are socialists?
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yojimbo007 said: EU = the land of the Self Entitled Freeloading Losers.... and US seems to want to follow suit in total ignorance! Yawn
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dewme said: 1. Apple builds a platform (at great expense). 2. Apple opens up its platform to allow 3rd party content.3. Third party joins the platform by agreeing to the terms & conditions defined by the platform owner, i.e., Apple. 4. …