>Mozilla has been critical of Apple too. Care to link to them? I am not bein...

azakai · on May 11, 2012

> Care to link to them?

For example, here is criticism from a top Mozilla dev on iOS's closedness,

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_f...

> Bonus points if they've alluded to antitrust law.

How can criticism of Apple be related to antitrust law? What monopoly do they have?

kprobst · on May 11, 2012

> What monopoly do they have?

Do they not have what is essentially a monopoly on the tablet space? I'm not up to date on Android tablet market share, but it seems to me that there isn't so much a market for tablets as there is one for iPads. Everything else is pretty much nonexistent. I might be wrong about that, I guess.

azakai · on May 11, 2012

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/05/03/amazons-tablet-market...

Apple has 68% of the market. It's in a very powerful position, but it isn't a monopoly.

jroseattle · on May 12, 2012

Using percentages to decide monopoly status isn't relevant. There are far greater factors involved, as the DOJ/MS trial established precedent in that respect.

sses · on May 12, 2012

That's higher than Google's share of the US search market, according to comScore.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/googles-web-search-market-s...

azakai · on May 12, 2012

What does tablet market share have to do with search market share?

kprobst · on May 12, 2012

I stand corrected, thank you. I thought it was far higher.

cooldeal · on May 12, 2012

I fail to see how a random post by a dev on Usenet is remotely close to an official statement by the General Counsel of Mozilla on the company blog.

azakai · on May 12, 2012

The general counsel explains the difference here

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9227080/Mozilla...

and meanwhile Google has joined Mozilla in its criticism,

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57431475-92/google-agrees-w...