monopoly 1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service
Apple is a monopoly. It uses its exclusive control as the sole manufacturer of OSX compatible hardware to sell products at an inflated price. It uses the same power to design the hardware in such a way that customers must return to Apple for upgrades.
For example, I want to upgrade my iBook to 802.11g, but I can't because of design decisions (flaws?) in the original Airport card specifications. It is a standard PC Card slot that has been crippled to ensure that only Apple's Airport card can be used.
What can the purpose of that be other than to charge customers an inflated price, still almost $80, for aging technology? I don't believe this but, if Apple is NOT a monopoly then these limitations suggest that Apple engineers are incompetent.
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From dictionary.com:
monopoly 1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service
Apple is a monopoly. It uses its exclusive control as the sole manufacturer of OSX compatible hardware to sell products at an inflated price. It uses the same power to design the hardware in such a way that customers must return to Apple for upgrades.
For example, I want to upgrade my iBook to 802.11g, but I can't because of design decisions (flaws?) in the original Airport card specifications. It is a standard PC Card slot that has been crippled to ensure that only Apple's Airport card can be used.
What can the purpose of that be other than to charge customers an inflated price, still almost $80, for aging technology? I don't believe this but, if Apple is NOT a monopoly then these limitations suggest that Apple engineers are incompetent.
It's quite simple, it's because Apple is a monopoly.