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Pretty sure the "over half" figure refers to traffic in the US, where iOS is around half of mobile devices, unlike the global market where Android has a definit
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Pretty sure the "over half" figure refers to traffic in the US, where iOS is around half of mobile devices, unlike the global market where Android has a definite monopoly outside the US.
The DOJ legislates largely based on US figures, but noting Google's global power is hard to ignore completely.
- zenexer 6y agoThey said “worldwide” for the other figure and failed to specify the region [in the article] for the other. I think you’re right, but it’s still deceptive, and I’m inclined to believe it was deliberate. Even though the DOJ does seem to clarify in the actual filing, it rubs me the wrong way, and the article summarizing the events is misleading.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoIf this is what they meant, then the usefulness of the statement is even more questionable. If more than half of mobile devices are iOS, then your prior expectation would be that more than half of traffic would come from those devices.
- sokoloff 6y agoAndroid devices are so cheap that I have many of them, some dedicated to a single purpose (I have an Android “phone” [without service] and a FireHD that are used only for reading data from my cars’ OBD2 ports and another running my sprinkler system interface) IOS devices are more expensive, so the ones I have actually get used (and most were bought secondhand so don’t contribute to market sales figures). Our household usage and search share is surely 99+% from Apple OSes, while the device share of devices bought new at retail might be only 40% Apple.