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Apple don't have anything even vaguely approaching a monopoly in any area. Their market share in everything from phones to computers is < 30%; Google's is > 90%
by archgrove 12y ago
Apple don't have anything even vaguely approaching a monopoly in any area. Their market share in everything from phones to computers is < 30%; Google's is > 90% for search. You can't have a "Monopoly on the contents of the iPhone app store" any more than Coke has a "Monopoly on the contents of Coke cans", and thus should be forced to fill some with Pepsi.
- mbq 12y agoYup; but it may be impacted by some privacy regulations in the future.
- herge 12y agoIt may also be impacted by the weather too. What privacy regulations are you talking about?
- tomjen3 12y agoWouldn't surprise me if Apple has 90% of the app income.
- adventured 12y agoThey have a monopoly on downloaded music purchases. That has been weakened in the last few years. Prior to Spotify and Pandora climbing to substantial scale, iTunes had a very strong monopoly on digital music sales (spanning both the Windows and Mac platforms).
- venomsnake 12y agoApple app store have roughly 100% market share of distributing software to IOS devices. Safari rendering engine has 100% market share of ios browsers.