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> But if iOS reaches 60% shares in a country, can the country demand substantial changes to iOS to encourage competitors? In fact, iOS market share in Switzerl
by krn 8y ago
> But if iOS reaches 60% shares in a country, can the country demand substantial changes to iOS to encourage competitors?
In fact, iOS market share in Switzerland is 65%[1]. It's also more than 51% in Norway, Sweden, Canada and Australia.
[1] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/switzerland http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/switzerland
- skrowl 8y agoHow are they escaping EU regulation about monopoly bundling (basically all the same things Google is accused of in this judgement?) They basically do the same thing (sometimes to an even greater extent) when it comes to bundling their own software with their hardware.
- krn 8y agoApple can bundle whatever software it wants with its own hardware, as long as it doesn't force other companies to do the same. Had Google stayed within its own Nexus / Pixel lines, were wouldn't have been any fines.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoBecause the issue is when you force those terms on other OEMs. Apple is doing nothing of the sort.