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You're singling out one particular market and claiming that represents the big picture, when it very much is an exception. Specific niche markets having a smal

by paulmd 5y ago

You're singling out one particular market and claiming that represents the big picture, when it very much is an exception. Specific niche markets having a small majority of one or the other isn't concerning, someone is going to be on top and 57-43 is basically as equal as it gets even in your cherrypicked example. Globally, Android has 87% of the market and iOS has 13%. That is far far more concerning than Apple having a small majority in one specific market. And to be clear it's not over 60%, even your own source says that's false - you're backing a literal browser monoculture with 87% global hardware marketshare and 90% software marketshare by wrapping yourself in the language of antitrust and competitiveness, and you still can't do it without using falsehoods and exaggerations.

heavyset_go 5y ago
I'm in the US, and advocate for regulation in the US. I do not care about marketshare in the rest of the world, and neither does the FTC. The only statistic that matters in this case is that iOS has 60% of the marketshare in the US, and what happens in other countries is irrelevant.
- paulmd 5y ago
  To be clear, the FTC doesn't have a problem with the current situation, so evidently they don't think it matters either.
  - Apocryphon 5y ago
    The FTC's current priority under Lina Khan is data privacy regulation, which is already a huge topic. One can of worms at a time.
  - mtomweb 5y ago
    At this point, I think the chances the US won’t adopt similar stances as the EU in relation to browser engines as close to zero.
ksec 5y ago
>Globally, Android has 87% of the market and iOS has 13%. That is not true. Neither in unit shipment or usage. However one wishes to define as market share. >You're singling out one particular market And if that market has its own jurisdiction. Then yes, both UK and Japan has over 60% of Smartphone user on Apple's platform.

by paulmd 5y ago

heavyset_go 5y ago

I'm in the US, and advocate for regulation in the US. I do not care about marketshare in the rest of the world, and neither does the FTC. The only statistic that matters in this case is that iOS has 60% of the marketshare in the US, and what happens in other countries is irrelevant.

paulmd 5y ago
To be clear, the FTC doesn't have a problem with the current situation, so evidently they don't think it matters either.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  The FTC's current priority under Lina Khan is data privacy regulation, which is already a huge topic. One can of worms at a time.
- mtomweb 5y ago
  At this point, I think the chances the US won’t adopt similar stances as the EU in relation to browser engines as close to zero.

ksec 5y ago

>Globally, Android has 87% of the market and iOS has 13%. That is not true. Neither in unit shipment or usage. However one wishes to define as market share. >You're singling out one particular market And if that market has its own jurisdiction. Then yes, both UK and Japan has over 60% of Smartphone user on Apple's platform.