Thoughts on the #Apple antitrust case?
My first reaction is that it's going to be extremely difficult to prove.
I've long been critical of Apple's walled garden and their massive markups on components like storage and RAM, but I understand their appeal and clearly so do millions of customers.
I could have bought an iPhone but I chose Android devices because that's what I prefer. Does Apple really make it that hard to move away?
@voltronic only every time I contemplate a different operating system...so not a fan of Android devices. Not as durable, in my opinion, and there's a lot of PITA programming you have to do.
@joycereynoldsward
Neither of those things are true in my experience.
@voltronic my experience says otherwise.
@joycereynoldsward
Well that's fine. We're each free to choose the devices we like better, and that's kind of my point. I don't see how what Apple is doing is explicitly anticompetitive, at least when it comes to phones.
@voltronic gotta agree about the anticompetitive thing. I know plenty of people with other OS devices and you can't pry 'em out of their preferred systems.
@joycereynoldsward
But that's really their choice, right? I'd say if anything locks you in, it's apps that don't have a direct equivalent in the competing app store.