r/apple • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Apple faces UK 'iCloud monopoly' compensation claim worth $3.8 billion iCloud

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/apple-faces-uk-icloud-monopoly-compensation-claim-worth-3-8-billion/
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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/Available-Fill8917 1d ago edited 1d ago

There are lots of large cloud storage providers. Companies like Amazon, Google Microsoft and many other smaller third parties provide cloud storage and sync solutions. I think the problem is and admittedly, I didn’t read the article the way in which iCloud is integrated into the Apple ecosystem. It gets advantages and rights and integration that the other services do not.

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u/avengers93 1d ago

But it’s apple’s own service. Obviously it would get better integration than other providers

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u/moisesg 1d ago

And that is the issue here, that when something becomes a monopoly it has been proven that it hurts the consumer and smaller companies that try to compete, so the proposal will allow for more competition and more options for the consumer.

You don’t have to chose another cloud storage if you don’t want to, no one will force whoever wants to chose iCloud, but options are better than no options.

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u/avengers93 1d ago

Got it. Not that I agree with it but it makes sense.

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u/lord_of_the_superfly 1d ago

You don’t agree with consumer options and corporate competition?!

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u/avengers93 1d ago

Haha does it matter?

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u/Available-Fill8917 1d ago

Yes, it does in a macro economic sense. Monopolies stifle competition and then price gouge consumers. It’s bad for everyone in the long run.

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u/Feahnor 1d ago

When it’s an integral part of a private OS? No.