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> How is a single company controlling more than half of the entire market not monopoly power? AppStore is merely a package manager for iDevices. It is not it's
by Maursault 3y ago
> How is a single company controlling more than half of the entire market not monopoly power?
AppStore is merely a package manager for iDevices. It is not it's own market any more than YUM is for RHEL or FreeBSD Ports is for FreeBSD. The market is software. Apple does not control half the entire software market.
- NekkoDroid 3y agoThe difference is: on both all Linux distros I know and from as far as I know all BSD derivitives (except PS' BSD) you can compile and use software that doesn't need to blessed by Tim Apple, be it either through the AppStore or via you forking over money to compile on other Apple hardware with an Apple certified license.
- Maursault 3y agoSign up for a free Apple Developer account, learn to use the tools, and you can compile and install all the software you want on your Apple devices.