[robsh]

Vertical integration is not monopolistic. A dairy farm can make great ice cream, like McConnell’s or Strauss. Apple’s acquisition of Beats is maybe the one that shouldn’t have been allowed since they were in competition for headphones. Most of their other acquisitions are pretty small companies with specific integrations into Apple products or services.

[azemetre]

Ah yes the humble dairy farmer is obviously equivalent to the trillion dollar transnational corporation. Here I am thinking that since Apple makes it harder to repair their devices or install other operating systems on them that they are in a position to abuse their marketplace, silly me!