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If only there were phones made by other manufacturers where the experience, which you know in advance, is different from the iPhone experience which you also kn
by tinus_hn 3y ago
If only there were phones made by other manufacturers where the experience, which you know in advance, is different from the iPhone experience which you also know in advance! Then this wouldn’t be a monopoly!
- diffeomorphism 3y agoAs if having just two options were meaningful. Also, the phrase "dominant market position" or "oligopoly" is a mouthful so people just (incorrectly) say "monopoly" for short. Though since even "literally" nowadays often means "figuratively" instead, you might as well say this is what the word means now.
- tinus_hn 3y agoiPhone has a global market share of about 20%, and only a small majority market share in ‘premium smartphones’ in the US. Nobody is forcing you to use an iPhone, billions do fine with the alternatives. Apple does not have a dominant market position, an oligopoly or a monopoly and certainly is not illegally abusing any monopoly power.