I try to select and post passages from books that I find to be examples of good, great or stunning analogies (see sampling here). One came at me from an unlikely place concerning a topic which has been discussed here quite often.
My indispensable brother wrote me with another update on the ongoing Apple anti-trust lawsuit and follow-on decisions. This press release from the Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs shows just how ridiculous this decision against Apple has become. Readers will remember that I was original agin Apple (see here), then following a terrific article by L. Gordon Crovitz (here) I changed my views. This analogy by my brother, which sums up this ruling perfectly, puts me even more squarely in Apple's corner.
I'll trust the savvy readers of this blog to go read the press release themselves, but my brother's summation and analogy is better than anything the Federal Government can produce.
The justice department is telling Apple that to remedy what they have been found guilty for, they will have to change the way the iOS universe works to allow other publishers to build their own e-bookstores, and allow people with iOS devices to go to that. As I see it, that would be like telling Barnes and Noble that they have to allow Penguin to open a store inside their shop right? The iOS app and iTunes stores were created with the express purpose of providing a curated experience to the user. Apple wanted to control the experience to limit confusion, to protect themselves and also, probably not altruistically, protect the user. Now the government is telling them they can't do that.
I guess now they will look at amazon and allow anyone to sell Kindle books to it right? No need to go through amazon anymore to buy kindle books. That's the only logical outcome.
On point if you ask me.
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