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Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial

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82 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 21 Nov 24 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lokar ◴[21 Nov 24 03:44 UTC] No.42200889[source]▶
I see apple as like LVMH, but for phones. It has a minority of overall sales, but a majority of the “luxury” part of the market. This gives them influence over the whole market, but not a real monopoly.
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dismalaf ◴[21 Nov 24 04:19 UTC] No.42201067[source]▶
It's strange how they've convinced people that, considering there's nothing at all luxurious about their products, not even the price...
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bobbylarrybobby ◴[21 Nov 24 05:35 UTC] No.42201442[source]▶
What's luxurious about Apple products is that they tend to respect your time
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1. makeitdouble ◴[21 Nov 24 06:24 UTC] No.42201662[source]▶
Does your time feel respected when you're leaving the Kindle app to open a web browser, search for the book that was next in the series, buy it, and get back to your Kindle app to continue reading ?