Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of mobile? (WIRED article)

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famousringo said:

nitekrawler1285 said:

Necromunda said:
How can you call Apple a growing monopoly in the mobile department considering the staggering growth of Android... lol

MP3 market is where they are becoming a monopoly.  The article states it plainly.  

 

With over 85 million iPhone OS devices in circulation, Apple dominates the MP3 player market, some of the smartphone market and a small -- but growing -- percentage of mobile computing (because the million unit-selling iPad competes with netbooks, laptops and so on).

That's kinda true, but none of Apple's policies which might be anti-trust have anything to do with playing MP3s. It all has to do with pocket computing, which is offered by a very broad range of devices. The iPod Touch has more in common with the PSP than the Creative Zen.

All of their pocket computing items carry iTunes the main reason for their dominance of MP3 market(it is also a part of the iphone OS and even if there were competition you would void the warranty of said pocket computing device using it). Nothing wrong with being a monopoly except they have to prove that their policies help comsumers more than hurt them.  I dont think anyone believes apple stopping others from being able to cross platform develop or other companies to track ads is more pro consumer.