FreedomAdvocate

57% US market share. This decision has no bearing on any other market, and to expand the view to the global market is disingenuous.

So well outside of monopoly territory. Thanks for checking :)

You don’t have that option with the iPhone.

And you're not entitled to that option. It's apples product and they don't have to build ways for competitors to eat their lunch, nor should they. If you want a platform that allows you to install stuff from any source, get an android phone or one that does.

Yes, they do. Especially when that platform is synonymous with 57% of the hardware in use.

Why? 57% is far, FAR, below where anti-competition and anti-trust rules come in to play.

Ironic.

Says the guy who thinks 57% market share in a market with 2 players is a monopoly lol.

This is them using their market share in phones, to avoid competing fairly with third party software app stores like Steam.

Have you actually looked at the iPhones market share? They don't have a monopoly, far from it - Android is the market leader in phone OS's by a country mile.

And let me be frank. Your assertion that Epic is not a good company and Apple is not a good company, in the same breadth, is false equivalency horseshit.

Not at all. Epic have rules on what games can be hosted on the Epic Game Store too btw.

They use their dominant platform position to be an absolute drag on the economy at large

Apple don't have a dominant platform position. They do not have a monopoly. They do not have to allow competitors to operate on their platform.

Your entire post is based on an incorrect premise.

I don't understand why people think Apple should be forced to allow Fortnite back on their store. It's like saying Amazon should be forced to sell a product by companies that try to rip them off and break all their rules constantly so they can sue them.

Epic aren't a good company. Apple aren't a good company. Neither of them however should be forced to allow products on their store that they don't want to.