The US has filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition.
I have been into microcomputers since the 80's and saw back then their business model was to hold customers hostage once you joined the Apple cult.
#1 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON
All tech is affected by the network effect.
Of course they try to hold the customer hostage, it's leverage all companies try to attain since the beginning.
IBM then Apple was just better than most because of the platform where everything worked.
It's the old Cathedral vs Bizaar.
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Sometimes the cathedral is a better product.
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