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Crappier being an opinion of course. As for what people are buying and not buying, according to statcounter [0], the smartphone market in the EU is a third App

Crappier being an opinion of course. As for what people are buying and not buying, according to statcounter [0], the smartphone market in the EU is a third Apple, a third Samsung, and then the final third is a scattershot of other Android devices, primarily Xiaomi. This is in contrast with a 57.27% foothold in the US. It's a different world. To put it into perhaps an even more grappling perspective, that whole green bubble vs blue bubble thing? I've first heard of it only just a few years ago from Marques Brownlee on YouTube. Never encountered it in real life prior or since. [0] https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/europe https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/europe

gruez 1y ago
>Crappier being an opinion of course. Funny you're invoking that when the fact that someone chose to buy apple at all means they thought it was the best option, according to their opinion. By banning apple you're necessarily making those people buy a crappier phone.
- perching_aix 1y ago
  Right, because people totally buy things based on the merits of brands, not based on e.g. what they're used to buying or were recommended... You do realize by the way that this would mean the majority of people here then consider iphones the crappier option by your logic?
  - gruez 1y ago
    >You do realize by the way that this would mean the majority of people here then consider iphones the crappier option by your logic? And that's fine. Most people don't but Porches or Subarus. That doesn't mean they're "crappier"
    - LexiMax 1y ago
      It's clear from your posting, here and elsewhere in this comments thread, that you believe that the EU should back off of the pressure on Apple. What is driving your motivated reasoning? Why are you so invested in the ability for Apple to continue to have the ability to keep their app store locked down? How do you benefit from this decision?

gruez 1y ago

>Crappier being an opinion of course. Funny you're invoking that when the fact that someone chose to buy apple at all means they thought it was the best option, according to their opinion. By banning apple you're necessarily making those people buy a crappier phone.

perching_aix 1y ago
Right, because people totally buy things based on the merits of brands, not based on e.g. what they're used to buying or were recommended... You do realize by the way that this would mean the majority of people here then consider iphones the crappier option by your logic?
- gruez 1y ago
  >You do realize by the way that this would mean the majority of people here then consider iphones the crappier option by your logic? And that's fine. Most people don't but Porches or Subarus. That doesn't mean they're "crappier"
  - LexiMax 1y ago
    It's clear from your posting, here and elsewhere in this comments thread, that you believe that the EU should back off of the pressure on Apple. What is driving your motivated reasoning? Why are you so invested in the ability for Apple to continue to have the ability to keep their app store locked down? How do you benefit from this decision?