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It makes me wonder, what happens if Apple becomes a monopoly when it comes to smartphones?
by robotnikman 4y ago
It makes me wonder, what happens if Apple becomes a monopoly when it comes to smartphones?
- Jtsummers 4y agoNothing unless they abuse that position in some way that crosses certain legal limits. Same thing with MS. Their monopoly with Windows was not, strictly, the problem. The problem was their behavior with respect to obtaining, maintaining, and then abusing their monopoly position.
- ideamotor 4y ago0% chance in most of the world.
- MangoCoffee 4y agonah, that's not going to happen. > Android has an incredible 97 percent market share in India https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/androids-new-oem-rules-in-india-swap-requirements-with-revenue-sharing/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/androids-new-oem-rul... Not everyone can afford Apple's premium.
- Hellion 4y agoFeature by feature, and doing a cost comparison, shows that iPhones are very good value. But they don’t have a phone under $400. And even in the developed world that’s a lot of money.
- bilal4hmed 4y agowith apple now opening factories in India I wonder if that starts to shift, since they dont have to pay import tariffs
- rootusrootus 4y agoAnd every time one of our coworkers from India comes to visit the US, they return home with two or three iPhones. I'm guessing there's a big demographic correlation with phone OS choice in India.
- RobotToaster 4y agoYou would hope someone would have the balls to enforce the Sherman act. Last time that happened was about 20 years ago, over microsoft bundling IE with windows though.