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> You wouldn't call Nintendo a monopolist because they dictate the rules of the Switch, would you? If the Switch controlled the entire ecosystem that drove hal
by burke 8y ago
> You wouldn't call Nintendo a monopolist because they dictate the rules of the Switch, would you?
If the Switch controlled the entire ecosystem that drove half of peoples’ interaction with the world, yes.
- mvid 8y agoWhere do you get half?
- buzzerbetrayed 8y agoHe made it up. Because it is nowhere near that. It is actually not even 1/4th. http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
- bskap 8y agoWorldwide it's less then 1/4, but for obvious reasons, its market share is much higher in wealthier countries. From a brief search, it's 46% in the US, and has the majority in a handful of European countries including the UK and Norway. So regulators in those countries still have a reason to look at it.