Why is the plaintiff, California Crane School, suing Apple and Google?
As far as I see, the plaintiff is not in the tech business, as they're a school that teaches how to operate cranes[1]
As far as I see, the plaintiff is not in the tech business, as they're a school that teaches how to operate cranes[1]
Buyers don't have the option to buy from just one supplier. They want to reach everybody in their niche. Thus, they have to buy from every supplier and cannot negotiate the price down. If they leave, a competitor will take those clients and pay whatever those users are worth.
If the web experience wasn't 90% Google (outside of social media), and the phone experience wasn't 50% Apple / 50% Google, everything would be cheaper due to competition.
Just look at the percentages app developers pay. In a free market with five alternatives, there probably wouldn't even be an app store. We'd do native app downloads over the web and invest a ton of energy into security and privacy controls.
This has been demonstrated to be false. This scenario is exactly what we used to have in the windows PC era and no one invested "a ton of energy into security and privacy controls".
That unfulfilled need is exactly what propelled Apple to the #1 spot when it came to the mobile era.
Anti-virus?
iPod is what propelled Apple to the #1 spot. They had a significant lead on touch, cool brand, music, luxury, and slick UI. It has nothing to do with their app store or software distribution model or other such "nerdy" topics that most consumers aren't even aware of.
That has never happened. Not in any era.
The phone market isn't 50% Google unless you count Samsung as a subsidiary of it. Nor does the existence of Apple help me, the consumer, since they obviously don't compete on price.
The lawyers needed to find a plaintiff with standing (you can't just sue because you don't like something, you have to be able to show damages).