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> If you get big enough, they swoop in and make you turn everything you've invented into an open standard? If you've become a de-facto standard ("get big enoug

> If you get big enough, they swoop in and make you turn everything you've invented into an open standard? If you've become a de-facto standard ("get big enough") then making that standard be open so that other things can interoperate with you is a good thing.

threeseed 2y ago
Apple has a market share of about 25% and dropping each year. They are not a standard by any definition.
- ImJamal 2y ago
  Is that true in the EU? I think you are looking at global numbers.
  - tpm 2y ago
    iPhone market share is around 25% in the EU
    - ImJamal 2y ago
      I was talking about the dropping year by year claim. I should have been more clear, sorry.
averageRoyalty 2y ago
It would be difficult to argue Apple is a de-facto standard, given most people don't run Apple devices.