re: Apple Or Android? May The Battle Continue.

the whole filing is about how apple's anticompetitive behavior is allowing them to abuse their customers. its not about letting "poors" into the walled garden/prison. its about letting you out, if you so choose, at a reduced cost to switching. which in turn spurs competition and all the good stuff that comes with that for the consumers. android users are only tangentially related to the case. specifically with relation to messaging, android users benefit as a side effect of apple being forced to integrate with a modern more universal messaging protocol, which happens to not shockingly be RCS. all as a way of lowering switching costs to existing iphone users. let me know where to stop:

1. Obtaining a monopoly by superior products, innovation, or business acumen is legal; however, the same result achieved by exclusionary or predatory acts may raise antitrust concerns.
2. Exclusionary conduct can include switching costs (high costs that users of a product would face in switching to a substitute)
3. Switching costs can be monetary, psychological, effort-based, and time-based.
4. Social stigma can be a psycological switching cost for apple users moving to a competitor.
5. The social stigma does not come from apple creating a better messaging experience solely on merit. It comes from excluding iphone users from messaging non-iphone users in a secure and modern fashion.