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If I want to sell an app to users on iOS, and those users want my app, there's no way for them to get it without Apple. That's a vertical market monopoly. And even if it doesn't qualify as a monopoly in your mind, it can still run afoul of anti-trust law.


If you want to sell a product in Apple’s physical store, there’s no way to do it without Apple.

That’s not a monopoly. That’s them exercising control over their own property.

What’s the rationale to treat Apple’s digital store different than Apple’s physical store?


You could say the same about console makers. They have been doing the same thing since the 80s....




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