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No, he is saying that Apple has a smartphone monopoly in the quoted paragraph.
by dilemma 9y ago
No, he is saying that Apple has a smartphone monopoly in the quoted paragraph.
- gvb 9y agoFirst sentence of paragraph two states the premise of the article: "...the company has a monopoly on not just MacOS but even more importantly iOS." The article does not assert that Apple has a monopoly on smartphones.
- mikhailt 9y agoFrom the beginning of the article, which defines the rest of the them: > Moreover, the advantages go beyond margins: the best way to understand both Apple’s profits and many of its choices is to understand that the company has a monopoly on not just MacOS but even more importantly iOS. That means Apple can not only capture consumer surplus on hardware, but developer surplus when it comes to app sales; that some apps are not made is deadweight loss that Apple has chosen to bear to ensure total control.