Ha ha, OK, fun's over. Time to drop that FTC antitrust thing, like, now – Qualcomm begs court Qualcomm has urged a US judge to throw out claims it massively and illegally overcharged Apple and others for its chip technology. In January, America's trade watchdog, the FTC, dragged Qualcomm into a San Jose district court in California, and accused the ruling phone modem designer of abusing its market dominance to force …
Monopolistic in what way? Apple sells a minority of phones, so how are artists being forced to offer their songs to them? If an artist copied his own CDs and wanted to sell them in your brick and mortar store at $10/ea, would you give him all $10? The visibility and foot traffic your shop affords being worth nothing?
As for developers, what does Google charge again? Oh yeah, 30%, just like Apple. If anyone are monopolists for taking a 30% cut, it is the one with 85% of worldwide market share.
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