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When two entities control essentially the whole "market" for mobile OSes and associated app stores, and use their position to force their app stores on everyone
by BrenBarn 1y ago
When two entities control essentially the whole "market" for mobile OSes and associated app stores, and use their position to force their app stores on everyone, you no longer have a market. If we just forcibly split Google and Apple into smaller companies with separate app stores then maybe we could see what markets would do.
- roflyear 1y agoThird party app stores exist, and they work on android.
- BrenBarn 1y agoBut the problem is that when everyone has gravitated to the two biggest app stores, there's no scope for market competition. The point is not just to have third-party app stores, it's to not have huge app stores that capture the whole user base.