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So in a free market you'd expect them to outcompete the iPhone, no? How do you explain the iPhone being dominant despite being inferior? Edit: in case of confu
by globular-toast 3y ago
So in a free market you'd expect them to outcompete the iPhone, no? How do you explain the iPhone being dominant despite being inferior?
Edit: in case of confusion, I'm asking this rhetorically in reply to someone who argues there is no monopoly...
- endisneigh 3y agoMarketing - android devices were notoriously janky in their beginning.
- theshrike79 3y agoThe vast majority of Android devices still are. You can buy an "Android" phone, use it until EOL (no OS updates), get a new "Android" phone and it's a 100% different experience UI-wise and even the buttons are in different places. Tinkerers love it, normal users just want a phone that works the same as the previous one.
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- nkohari 3y agoThe Apple ecosystem is part of what you're buying with an iPhone. As a consumer, I really like that I can buy a MacBook, an iPhone, and AirPods, and have them all work seamlessly together because they were designed to do so. I'm even willing to pay extra for each product to ensure that they work together in concert, as well as a subscription for a service (iCloud) that glues them all together.
- dutchCourage 3y agoBesides the fact that consumers aren't as rational as your question seems to imply, some of the reasons for the iPhone's dominance are the same reasons Apple are getting sued.
- kergonath 3y agoBecause a phone is not just a battery and a camera?