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Apple's fineprint of disallowing third party app stores, and apps that directly compete with Apple's, needs to be litigated in court. Clearly, in paid mobile a
by writepub 8y ago
Apple's fineprint of disallowing third party app stores, and apps that directly compete with Apple's, needs to be litigated in court.
Clearly, in paid mobile apps, Apple's market share is 66% of the $40B market. The shtick of cowering behind unit sales to argue that the "app store" is not a separate business category, but merely an extension of iPhone unit sales, thereby avoiding monopoly regulation, has run its course.
AND, the restrictions placed by Apple further prevent a cross-platform app store to exist, reinforcing their monopoly, artificially linking OS to app store