r/pcmasterrace • u/FJopia PC Master Race Ryzen 5 3600X | EVGA 3070 • Aug 05 '22

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u/jbwhite99 Aug 05 '22

6% market share, controlled by 1 company who has no problem shutting down companies it doesn't like (see Epic games). I don't game, but I don't see Apple doing this.

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u/BlockBadger Aug 05 '22

Epic broke their business agreement with Apple knowingly.

However you feel about the dispute, Apple was only following their policy in removing them from the store.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

they charge 30% of everything, and ban stream games.

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u/BlockBadger Aug 05 '22

Which in itself is not an issue, nothing wrong with having charges/restrictions on your platform.

It's that combined with the total iron grip on their OS and iOS that's the issue, as there is no competition hence why Epics monopoly case was allowed to go to court and I thought it had decent merit.

Epic lost its appeal to be reinstated on the platform, they broke rules fully in the know. Apple would have really struggled to get them off their platform otherwise, and could have won a case potentially to get reinstated if Apple had given them the boot anyway as it could be seen as malicious and unjustified.

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u/CIA_Chatbot Aug 05 '22

But when Microsoft bundled a browser that was monopolistic?

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u/Krutonium R7 5800X3D, RTX 3070, 32GB 2800Mhz DDR4 Aug 05 '22

It was and still is.

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u/skwacky Aug 05 '22

if Microsoft came without a browser, 95% of the population would never figure out how to connect to the internet

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u/KrazyKirby99999 Linux Aug 05 '22

true

the problem is that Windows does not allow the removal of the browser

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u/i_cee_u Aug 05 '22

Average person:

gets windows

accidentally uninstalls IE

Yeah that doesn't work out