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How can Apple "reign supreme" over the industry, to the point where they're facing significant anti-trust pressure, while also having negligible marketshare? Cl
by spideymans 5y ago
How can Apple "reign supreme" over the industry, to the point where they're facing significant anti-trust pressure, while also having negligible marketshare? Clearly there is more to this supremacy than raw marketshare.
- ahartmetz 5y agoUS marketshare and mindshare among the (US) people who decide such things. If all the relevant politicians and judges and their friends and families (presumably all wealthy) have iPhones...
- reader_mode 5y ago55% market share in the US, and the app store has like 70% mobile revenue is enough for US antitrust action.
- nemothekid 5y ago>while also having negligible marketshare? As well as having 55% US marketshare as other posters have mentioned, they account for 42% of global smartphone profits despite only having 17% marketshare. https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2021/04/apples-iphone-was-the-leading-smartphone-in-q1-taking-35-of-us-sales-and-42-of-global-smartphone-profits.html https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2021/04/apples-...