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Apple has 60% of revenue on phone marketplaces even if it only sell 14% of phones. Let alone that changing between phones has friction and can have significant
by greycol 6y ago
Apple has 60% of revenue on phone marketplaces even if it only sell 14% of phones. Let alone that changing between phones has friction and can have significant costs.
Also by comparison consider the statement: "The New York Central Railroad's 'monopoly' of railway access between 14% of the worlds cities doesn't stop anyone traveling by road or doing business between any of the other cities in the world so clearly it' not a monopoly".
Having said that of course Apple is no where near as egregious a monopoly. However you'd have to agree any profit focused mobile app simply must (if it can) be available on iPhone and that does give Apple a monopoly position. It's only a question of if Apple is abusing that position.