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Apple gets the Microsoft treatment by the FTC
THE TAME American IT press said it could not happen, but it appears that Steve Jobs is finally going to be investigated for his antitrust antics.
For a while now an unofficial investigation has been working to see if Jobs Mob has become an Evil Empire as it tries to emulate Microsoft in seeking global domination.
While Apple has lots of competition in the PC market, it seems to have built up a near monopoly in the mobile advertising market and there have been accusations that the outfit is behaving the same way Microsoft did when it found itself in a similar position.
Bloomberg reports that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to review allegations that Apple is engaging in anti-competitive tactics to suppress rivals in the mobile advertising market.
Apparently there was enough proof for the FTC and US Department of Justice to have quiet words about which of them is going to go after the scalp of Steve Jobs to match the one from Bill Gates that is sitting in their trophy cabinet. In the end the FTC decided to go for it.
What apparently was the last straw was Apple's decision to ban developers from using Admob and Google's advertising software on Apple's Iphone.
Last month the FTC only allowed Google's $750 million purchase of Admob to go forward because it was worried about conditions that Apple was placing on software developers and advertisers for the company's Iad program.
We are expecting other antitrust investigations to follow. There have also been concerns that Apple is putting too much pressure on the music and movie industries to do what they are told as well.
Meanwhile we expect the tame US IT press to bang on about how wonderful Apple is and that the FTC is mistaken. µ
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Or, maybe, Steve <hand Jobs will just slip an already checked 'checkbox' in the next Quicktime update that says "Is Steve Jobs the best ever and would you agree he would never do evil?"
It would be placed right above the already checked 'checkbox' that says "automatically install iTunes now" as well, which, ironically, I believe is an evil program.
It's also an evil tactic. It's an evil tactic that Yahoo has used to install Yahoo! toolbar, google has used to install google toolbar/desktop, and Adobe has used to install Adobe AIR (WTF do i need Adobe AIR for?) on about 80 bgillion novice/oblivious computer users that become Click-Master 2000 on the "Next", "OK" and "Finish" buttons when a dialog window pops open asking them to update/install something.
This being America, Apple has obviously forgotten to post its quarterly bribes to FTC employees. The Minerals Management Service aren't the only ones that get to party.
Cash, cars, hookers and 30 year old Scotch accepted.
Because IBM and AT&T weren't allowed to crush them. In the late 70s, an active department was pursuing both. In particular, in 1981, IBM went outside the corp for an operating system for the PC. Something for you "free market" types to muse on before you mutter like Homer Simpson (in midst of raid on Scorpio): "Lousy gov't, always on the backs of business."
Since everyone knows that Jobs rules Apple with an iron hand, Jobs merely needs his lawyers to claims that he is an asspie, and therefore not responsible for his actions, and therefore his actions, and by extension, Apple's actions, must all be excused! And I am sure that Gary MacKinnon's mom will vouch for him!
Such a defense can not fail!