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They are indeed a monopoly in a certain market segment - aka, those who are more than willing to pay for apps. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-users-spen
by harikb 6y ago
They are indeed a monopoly in a certain market segment - aka, those who are more than willing to pay for apps.
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-users-spend-twice-apps-vs-android-charts-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-users-spend-twice-apps...
Their existing monopolistic actions like “preventing interoperability at any cost” feeds this viscous cycle where high school kids are embarrassed to send text message to iPhone from an Android device.
I own Apple stock, would love then to crush competition, but let us not twist facts.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoPerhaps the apps are higher quality in iOS due to the App Store policy, and consumers are more likely to invest in that quality. Remove the gate, the quality dips. I'd imagine the amount willing to pay goes down too.