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Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple isn't competition, Apple is a closed market, more anticompetitive than Microsoft and only undone by the degree of their control.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Microsoft wasn’t creating a car, and Apple wasn’t the dominant car manufacturer

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    ... And? Apple isn't even the dominant anything manufacturer, at least worldwide.

    I don't know why people are so upset. You've already got your closed market, overpriced, social "mine is bigger than yours (but not really)" compensation brand in the EV market. It's called a Tesla.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    ...a closed market you don't have to participate in...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You do understand whole markets are hurt by big monopolies.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Apple had a monopoly on smartphones you’d have a point

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Monopolies are not a yes or no thing. Since Apple has a large enough market share that it is able to strangle competitors just through having that kind of market share, it is having a monopolistic effect on various markets.

    For example, the smartphone market, if the smartphone market was perfectly competitive, if I didn't like Apple's and Google's business, I would be able to go to a third seller and get similar products. If I didn't like them, I could go to a fourth, and so on until it becomes meaningless. Like the market for actual apples for example.

    Since that is not true, Apple is distorting the smartphone market with its large market share, making it have monopolistic tendencies.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In what way is Apple "strangling competitors"? You have no clue what you're talking about. Just say you hate Apple and be done.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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