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Elizabeth Warren slammed for wanting to ‘break up Apple’s smartphone monopoly’ (www.bostonherald.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Antitrust is not about whether people have the arbitrary ability to go around it, it's about whether people actually go around it, and if not, is that because one player entrenched themselves in the market that they are able to distort it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I mean, you're both right.

Yes, the use of OSS by Google doesn't exempt them from antitrust laws.

But also yes, it does give them a defense that Apple just doesn't have. Not solely because of the OS portions, but also because it tends to guarantee some nominal competition. See above my point about Samsung's alternatives.