| > You're arguing the semantics of a monopoly, Yes “words mean things”. > When Apple buys components from a vendor, they have less market power. When they build their own components, they have more market power So now you’re saying a company shouldn’t be allowed to build and design their own components? Doesn’t it help competition that Apple, Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, and MediaTek among others are creating and modifying their own processors? > Which means small companies have limited access to ARM CPUs. Any company can buy an ARM processor from Qualcomm and MediaTek. Have you looked at all of the phone manufacturers who sell in China and India and even the US? > Those of us who are interested in competitive markets worry about it a lot. You don't have to be worried about competitive markets, though. It's totally valid to not think increased competition is a good thing. Every market you mentioned has a competitor that third parties can go to - ARM chips, delivery companies etc. |