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Surely buying apps on an iPhone is already a totally consolidated market. It's so tightly controlled that it's literally impossible for there to be any competi
by lhnz 6y ago
Surely buying apps on an iPhone is already a totally consolidated market.
It's so tightly controlled that it's literally impossible for there to be any competitor iPhone app stores that consumers could move to.
And not only that, but Apple is also stopping the implementation of browser features (WebPush, Service Workers, etc) that would appear to allow browser apps to compete with those downloaded from the App Store [0].
[0] https://twitter.com/HenrikJoreteg/status/1071611165946470400 https://twitter.com/HenrikJoreteg/status/1071611165946470400
- cwhiz 6y agoApple having control of their own platform is only anticompetitive if they already have a monopoly or if having control is likely to achieve a monopoly. Apple owns less than 20% of the worldwide smartphone market, and its shrinking. So, both requirements are missing. If you don’t like Apple, do you have alternative options? Yes. Unequivocally, yes. If there is a monopoly in the smartphone market, it’s Google.