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EU's antitrust head is ignoring Spotify's dominance and wants to punish Apple instead
davidw said:In your mind, when did Apple iOS become "public domain" or "open source" or deemed a "public utility"? The last I checked, Apple iOS is still Apple copyrighted IP.Apple is in a position where they are ubiquitous enough that they are, by European law, required to behave accordingly. The standard applied here is not @davidw 's own perception or gut feeling (especially since @davidw does not, apparently, distinguish between antitrust law and copyright law, WTF), nor AppleInsider's weird mix of "reporting" and editorialising, but actual European law. -
EU's antitrust head is ignoring Spotify's dominance and wants to punish Apple instead
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EU's antitrust head is ignoring Spotify's dominance and wants to punish Apple instead
avon b7 said:"The European Union suspects Big Tech firms are avoiding their responsibilities to the publc"
I'm guessing that is relative to gatekeeper status and all that implies. That is something that Spotify doesn't have so its dominance is less of an issue.
It is all but impossible to be an active creative musician and not go through Spotify. -
Spotify listeners may finally get lossless audio -- but at a cost
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Japan to seek up to 20% fine for monopolistic practices by Apple
22july2013 said:Apple could either- leave the Japanese smartphone market entirely,
- remove its own app store (and everyone's app store) from the Japanese smartphone market, or
- allow (or require) Android as the OS for iPhone users in the Japanese market. No more iOS on iPhones in Japan.
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