Apple vs. DOJ: Analyzing the Claims of Monopoly and Market Domination

And the last thing I wanted to just bring up is an update on this Department of Justice

I use that term loosely these days. Lawsuit against Apple. And I mean, look, dude, the more I look into this, the more I'm like, what is the actual problem

Like, there are real problems, I think, that probably need to be addressed

But they're accusing Apple of being a monopoly, and I don't actually think that's a real problem

and when I was reading through some of the details of this story

some of the accusations from the DOJ, I just thought were odd

Like, first of all, the DOJ states that Microsoft HTC and LG all exited the smartphone market because of Apple

And they make that sound like it's a bad thing. I'm like, well, that's because Apple is just so good, you know

It's not like Apple did something nefarious to force them out or illegal

It's like they're just, they're just that good. You could say that about other game consoles, too

Like, where's Atari these days? I don't know. It's probably because Xbox and PlayStation and Nintendo are so good

Let's see here. Just this week, the DOJ announced it would be suing Apple

Yeah, we already know all that. In the court documents when trying to substantiate the damage done by Apple market practices it claims many prominent well companies have tried and failed to successfully enter the relevant markets because of these entry barriers Okay When looking at

specific failures, the DOJ cites, you're going to love this. The DOJ cites Amazon, which released

its fire phone in 2014, but could not profitably sustain its business and exited the following year

They're going to blame the failure of firephone, Amazon Firephone on Apple

Have any of those justices actually used the Firephone? No one used the

fire phone. If the Firephone was the only smartphone, it still would have failed. I never got my hands on one. It's a terrible

Nobody did, Lewis. That's the problem. That's why they went out of business. I mean... Well, but see, that's

what these numnuts over the DOJ are saying, well, Apple, you know, so dominant, so dominant that even

Amazon can't make a phone. The suit claims that that the entry barriers are so high that Google is a distant third to Apple and Samsung

despite the fact that Google controls the development of the Android operating system

They use this as evidence as that Apple's doing something wrong, and to me, this is evidence that they're doing something so well that no one can compete

Like, let's not forget when the iPhone came out. People were using as Steve Bomb Dogg bomber like to say Nokia phones and BlackBerry They were completely dominant the iPhone was so dang good It put those two companies out of business And BlackBerrys were ubiquitous

They were what was used everywhere. And Apple was so good that it completely bankrupted them

So, I mean, the walled garden and the ecosystem approach that Apple has

I mean, yeah, it's definitely annoying sometimes. But I don't see how they classify it as a monopoly when

you can just not buy it. I mean, a monopoly is something that you're forced to buy

It's like your water or your electricity. Like you don't have multiple providers

But if you want, there's like a zillion different phones that you could buy and not participate

Now, I think there's an argument that there's a duopoly. I think obviously that's true

You're either going to be in Google's ecosystem or apples. But I don't know what other options there are

I mean, people want to use the best OS, and those are kind of like two best

I mean, what else you're supposed to do? It's not like there aren't other phone companies that come out that make products and end up not being popular

I mean, Microsoft tried, and they exited too. They had their own operating system, and they left the ecosystem

And it not because Apple is so tightly integrated with other Apple hardware which I think is kind of like a premise of the DOJ claims that is one of the reasons why they suing They like well the Apple Watch should work with work better with Android devices Why Why should Apple make their like their watch work with every

other, the zillion Android products that are out there? It's like, why can't they make their own products work well with their own products

Like, that's what every company on Earth does. You know, like the best controllers for Xbox are made by Microsoft

The best controllers for PlayStation are made by PlayStation. I mean, or Sony. Like, why

Why should Apple do things any differently? I just think this whole suit is very bizarre

And I kind of wonder if it's actually going to go anywhere. But, I mean, I think it could end up just being like a cash grab or something

like the levy fines on Apple or something. I have no idea. But we'll continue following this story

I know a lot of you probably think this is boring. I kind of do too. But the more I read about it, the more I think there are some, like, entertaining aspects of this story

And, you know, you get the deal. J. Juryating aspect. Yeah, and some of those as well

Oh, and now I was just reading like the EU is like going after Apple to make sure they're complying with all their new regulations over there

And I was like, oh, yeah. Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure your concern is all about to make sure that Apple's being compliance and not that if they're not compliant, you get to levy huge fees on them

Some people call me a cynic, Lewis. I think I'm just practical