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Apple's market share in smartphones also pales in comparison to the Microsoft's dominance in desktop computing during that era.
by wmeredith 14y ago
Apple's market share in smartphones also pales in comparison to the Microsoft's dominance in desktop computing during that era.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThis is something that can be surprisingly hard to grok for someone immersed in the SF startup crowd, where everyone uses an iPhone and a MacBook.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoAnd indeed next to Android's in smartphones. Isn't the more apt question about what Android ship as defaults for mail and browsing as an anti-trust question? After all, the MS issue wasn't about IE being the only browser so it's not about the ability to change it, it was about it being the default browser and therefore what many unsophisticated users will use by default.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> Isn't the more apt question about what Android ship as defaults for mail and browsing as an anti-trust question? There is no "Android default". It varies according to carrier and OEM.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoIs that true? Doesn't Google's Android agreement to get the apps outside the core OS demand certain things? I'm certainly struggling to think of an Android phone I've seen that doesn't ship with a Google browser. (Edit: I take that back. Obviously the Kindle's don't and nor do most of the Android phones sold in China - an estimated two thirds not running Google apps suggested recently).