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> There is a stable duopoly, where Microsoft can reap the benefits of competition between the two, without wasting any resources. The huge competition where bo
by cma 5y ago
> There is a stable duopoly, where Microsoft can reap the benefits of competition between the two, without wasting any resources.
The huge competition where both charge 30% of gross sales, far higher than even the federal corporate tax rate, which is only charged on the net.
- JAlexoid 5y agoAnd they don't have to spend billions on building and maintaining their own platform.
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- bduerst 5y agoThey get away with that because it's a two-sided market and they have all the consumers. Microsoft tried to woo devs on Windows phone and it didn't work, because consumers didn't follow.
- AJ007 5y agoHard to see that lasting more than another 2-3 years.
- marcellus23 5y agoThey’re the ones providing everything from the OS through the dev environment and the hosting and payment processing, not to mention marketing and having built the billion devices that users are purchasing from.