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> The App Store is a fundamental de-facto monopoly on software distribution and (as we've seen with Spotify) service development. This would be true if Android
by prepend 4y ago
> The App Store is a fundamental de-facto monopoly on software distribution and (as we've seen with Spotify) service development.
This would be true if Android didn’t exist. But it does, so apple isn’t.
What would be funny is if Google stops developing android, since it’s lot lucrative, so they can sue under antitrust to improve their ad business that apple keeps hampering.
- smoldesu 4y ago> This would be true if Android didn’t exist. But it does, so apple isn’t. This would be true if iOS and the App Store weren't separate entities. But they are, so it isn't. If Google stops contributing to the AOSP, they would not be able to sue under antitrust because Android still exists.
- prepend 4y agoI don’t think Android would retain much market power, especially in the US and Europe, if Google stopped backing it.