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MS got punished for bundling IE because they provided it for free and Netscape at the time cost money. They also bundled IE with an OS that was installed by 90% of the computer using population thereby effectively shutting out competitors.

Apple doesn't have 90% of the market. If the users are unhappy or developers are unhappy there are plenty of alternatives. Sure you can't develop for iOS anymore, but if Windows didn't have 90% market share Netscape might have been able to stay in business simply by selling to customers running Solaris and Mac OS and then MS wouldn't have been raked over the coals because of bundling their browser.



think about this, apple not only provide browser for free (perfectly ok for me tho), but also shut off any possible competition, because only webkit can have JIT.

I totally get it that this is not antitrust issue by law since their market share is not over 50% yet, however for indie devs live on this platform, it means 100%.


Then those Indie Devs need to re-evaluate their position. There are other platforms out there.


Totally agree, the simplest solution is to stop making new apps for iOS. However that doesn't make Apple's way of doing RIGHT.


Why does it not make it right? What exactly is wrong with what Apple is doing? Apple can do as it wishes, its the consumers that are voting with their feet/wallets.




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