Sweeney was not alone in his criticisms of Apples move to drop prices for select developers.
Normally, antitrust regulation does not intervene in a firms internal pricing behavior.
Together, the two account fornearly 100%of mobile app sales globally.
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The third-largest, Windows Apps, does not even register on the list.
Lending an air of legitimacy to the otherwise threadbare antitrust accusations.
More Business Than Monopoly?
There has been a growing concern about this pop in of conduct in antitrust.
It is called self-preferencing, and this is where antitrust complaints against Apple are the strongest.
A definitive answer to whether Apple partakes in monopolistic behavior is unlikely to be settled as litigation wages on.
