Ask HN: What would happen if Apple removed Uber from its App Store?

Re:Ask HN: What would happen if Apple removed Uber from its ... by cm2187 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:16PM (#11192173)

I think it requires having a dominant position, which in the in app purchase market is pretty much the case (by revenues).

Lots of android in the market but sold to people who couldn't tell the difference with iOS and wouldn't even know how to buy an app.

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Re:Ask HN: What would happen if Apple removed Uber from its ... by cgm616 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:23PM (#11192206)

I think anti-trust also requires a non-privately administered market. In Apple's App Store, they own the servers serving the app market, giving them control.

I don't think the government could force them to keep an app on their server and continue to serve it to consumers running their software if they didn't want to.

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Re:Ask HN: What would happen if Apple removed Uber from its ... by diziet on Sunday February 28, 2016 @03:37PM (#11192260)

Actually, in terms of total revenue both markets are pretty close together now due to the larger install base on Android and ever increasing monetization of users.

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