Relax. Apple makes products that millions of people love to own, so they buy them. It's as simple as that. And spare us the threadbare and awkwardly dramatic Farhrenheit 451-like rant about "What's next to be banned?!". Casting Apple in this role is not only a stretch, it's just really weird. Oh, and since when did apple have a "monopoly lock" on smartphone applications?
"TI does hold a monopoly over TI calculators, though that's kind of a meaningless statement."
You're completely missing his point. The term monopoly is only relevant when referring to commodities or services in a broad market. Apple makes personal computers, thus their competition extends to the windows world as well. PPC desktop market? Get real. Apple makes computers, and only within this broad market can you discuss "monopoly" with a straight face.
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Relax. Apple makes products that millions of people love to own, so they buy them. It's as simple as that. And spare us the threadbare and awkwardly dramatic Farhrenheit 451-like rant about "What's next to be banned?!". Casting Apple in this role is not only a stretch, it's just really weird. Oh, and since when did apple have a "monopoly lock" on smartphone applications?
"TI does hold a monopoly over TI calculators, though that's kind of a meaningless statement." You're completely missing his point. The term monopoly is only relevant when referring to commodities or services in a broad market. Apple makes personal computers, thus their competition extends to the windows world as well. PPC desktop market? Get real. Apple makes computers, and only within this broad market can you discuss "monopoly" with a straight face.