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How exactly Apple is a monopoly? Just because they have a “monopoly” on stores on their own platform?
by asutekku 6y ago
How exactly Apple is a monopoly? Just because they have a “monopoly” on stores on their own platform?
- partiallypro 6y agoThey make up most store revenue. Android might have more installs, but Apple makes way more from their store. They are effectively a monopoly, if not a duopoly. But Android allows secondary stores...Apple doesn't.
- asutekku 6y agoThat might’ve been the case couple of years ago, but now the ratio is about 55:45 in favor of apple and can vary from app to app. Yes, they have a slight upper hand but still not a monopoly.
- infinityplus1 6y agoIf I don't make my app available on Apple's store then I lose out on a huge % of people who use iOS devices as their only general computing device. They can't simply switch to Android as they are locked-in into the iOS ecosystem (For example, they can't use iMessage on Android). Apple is effectively controlling the market access and harming competitors.