Does Apple’s platform need to be opened up?

Does the European Union, the United States, or other governments need to intervene to fix potential problems in competitive markets for personal computing?

Group of people outside Steve Jobs Theater on a sunny day with some using smartphones.
Apple has a monopoly on the Steve Jobs Theater

Apple’s App Store, iPhone and its services including Messages are getting extreme scrutiny by governments globally. Many of those governments seem skeptical that their citizens are buying expensive things from Apple because they are better, rather than being forced to buy things from Apple that are better because they have no real choice.

Is the free market failing, and should governments intervene to fix things?

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Does Apple’s platform need to be opened up?

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Does Apple’s platform need to be opened up?