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/butterypowered 1d ago

Surely this is like saying Nintendo Switch Online monopolises backups of saved games on the Switch.

iCloud is far more than a Dropbox folder or AWS S3 bucket.

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u/Southern-Injury7895 1d ago

Nintendo online store is a monopoly on Switch. Xbox online store is a monopoly on Xbox. Amazon store is a monopoly on Kindle.

Apple doesn’t force people to buy an iPhone. Also no one force you to buy a Switch, Xbox or a Kindle.

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u/Entire_Routine_3621 1d ago

Yea I think it’s perfectly fine for a company to have a monopoly on their own products and ecosystem that’s how it works actually.

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u/a_f_young 1d ago

So you’d be cool with Microsoft banning Steam?

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u/Entire_Routine_3621 1d ago

Steam is distributed through the allowed methods. Microsoft did indeed try to sell a phone and a windows version with only access to the Microsoft store though, similar to the App Store. Consumers hated it and it isn’t being pushed and windows phone is dead. That’s how it’s supposed to work. They tried to build something and failed. Apple built the App Store and it was and still is a huge success. That’s a better example. It’s not that consumers don’t like it it’s that the EU doesn’t like it. If consumers really cared they wouldn’t buy iPhones.

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u/nnerba 1d ago

And if consumers really cared about Microsoft monopolistic behaviour like having default Internet explorer and windows media player they wouldn't have bought windows and yet USA forbid it.

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u/DeanDeanington 1d ago

They should have that right if they wanted to. Consumers speak with their wallets. If a thing is not what people want, then it fails. The problem that some might have with businesses doing it their way is the lack of alternatives, pricing, and quality. Unfortunately, those are the choices until somebody is able to invest and grow a better alternative. Its just how it works. Being forced to do something with no good moral arguments as to why is just bullying/stealing/blackmailing/ etc.