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0 pointscoldtea5y ago0 comments

That would be the case if Apple, like Ticketmaster, had a controlling share of the mobile OS space. They have less than 30% though...

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matsemann5y ago· 2 in thread

As an app developer, they have a large percent, though. And you cannot choose the phone your customers have.

That large percentage is about 25% worldwide and 50% in US.

Not sure how you equate that with a monopoly.

Just because a company with a minority of the market punches above its weight in terms of developer profit, doesn't make it a monopoly.

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