FCC Probing Apple, AT&T Rejection of Google Voice

suraj.sun writes with an update to the news from a few days ago about Apple pulling Google Voice apps for the iPhone. Their actions have raised the interest of the FCC, which is now beginning an investigation into the matter. "In a letter sent to Apple, the FCC asked the company why it turned down Google Voice for the iPhone and pulled several other Google Voice-related programs from the iPhone's only sanctioned online mart. The FCC also sent similar letters to both AT&T — Apple's exclusive carrier partner in the US — and Google, asking both firms to provide more information on the issue. The FCC's letter asked Apple whether it rejected Google Voice and dumped other applications on its own, or 'in consultation with AT&T,' and if the latter, to describe the conversations the partners had. In other questions, the FCC asked Apple whether AT&T has any role in the approval of iPhone applications, wants the company to explain how Google Voice differs from any other VoIP software that has been approved, and requested a list of all applications that have been rejected and why."

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Re:How is this even a fucking question?

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I'm being facetious to make a point. You said that all exclusivity agreements are evil, without qualification. I find your viewpoint absurd, much as my example of your marriage was.

Does McDonald's only agreeing to sell Coca-Cola beverages make them a monopoly? Does Taco Bell only agreeing to sell Pepsi beverages make them a monopoly? Does one dentist agreeing to exclusively use Oral-B products make them a monopoly? Does Nike only selling Nike products in the Nike store make them a monopolist? Should the government step in and force them to sell Reebok and Adidas products in their stores too? If you were an artist and you only sold your artwork to Christians, does that make you a monopolist and the government should step in and deal with you as such?