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In the US, Apple holds 87% of the teen phone market and iMessage is bundled with the phone. You don't have to have 100% of a market to be a monopoly and Apple's
by Mountain_Skies 3y ago
In the US, Apple holds 87% of the teen phone market and iMessage is bundled with the phone. You don't have to have 100% of a market to be a monopoly and Apple's policy of visually distinguishing users of iMessage from those using other platforms leverages peer pressure to ensure it continues to command the overwhelming majority of the teen market. Not sure how it is defensible to use minors developing social skills as a pattern for entrenching one's share of that market.
- hulitu 3y ago> In the US, Apple holds 87% of the teen phone market So people who do not afford to buy a loaf of bread, bought an iPhone. I think the problem lies somewhere else. "Daddy, i want an iPhone. Everyone has one". "Sorry, i don't pay 800 Euros for a toy to make phone calls and watch youtube"
- seabrookmx 3y agoThe teen phone market is the market of teens with phones. Those below the poverty line and unable to eat are likely not part of this market (ie: don't give their kids phones).