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If I want to purchase a music artists album, I can walk into multiple brick and mortor stores or from any of the multiple online music stores. Microsoft was told it cannot bundle it's internet explorer with it's own operating system. Utitlity companies were told they cannot restict who uses their services The major phone companies were told they cannot restrict who uses their phone lines. I just don't see opening up the iPhone as a slam dunk win but rather a mixed bag of pros and cons.Ĭar manufacturers were told they cannot restrict who sold their spare parts.Ĭar manufacturers were told they cannot restrict who serviced their cars

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Android developers face serious piracy problems by all accounts, something Apple has managed to avoid so far. If sideloading makes pirating easier for the non-tech savvy users, developers may find themselves back to the old days bit copier era where popular programs were pirated easily. Smaller stores would be challenged to be profitable, even Cydia struggled despite being popular in the jail break community. The EPICs of the world could pull off their own store since they sell a product that ties in directly to their existing products and do not make money from being an App Store. It would probably be to Apple's benefit to allow alternative app stores, since most would likely not offer as large a market as Apple, wind up charging a much as Apple, and Apple could introduce new charges taht are currently covered by the $99 developer fee. The answer seems to be no, as we did not see price drops when Apple lowered their take to 15% for small developers all that happened was developers pocketed the windfall. The question, IMHO, is whether consumers will benefit by lower prices if Apple is forced to allow alternative app stores. There are plenty of competitors in that market Apple does not dictate app prices beyond a minimum of 99 cents, and marks up prices that are set by developers to cover their cut like any store does. I find the 'Apple has a monopoly in the mobile OS market' incorrect.