Digital markets should be decided by customers, not judgesMichael Gartenberg has covered the personal technology beat for more than two decades at places like Gartner, Jupiter Research and Altimeter Group. Most recently, he spent a few years at Apple as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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It started somewhat innocuously.
The Honorable Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) gave a speech at an event called "America's Monopoly Problem." That's an interesting topic, but it became more interesting when she expressed her "concerns" with Apple, Google, and Amazon over various business practices.
She had different issues with each but the one I found fascinating was this comment regarding Apple who "has placed conditions on its rivals that make it difficult for them to offer competitive streaming services." Yikes!
Not surprisingly, Spotify immediately agreed with her comments and cried foul against Apple — who recently rejected Spotify's latest app for App Store policy violations. Those violations inv...
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Digital markets should be decided by customers, not judges
