Re:Google faces EU antitrust fine over Android case
by jorvi on Thursday June 07, 2018 @11:41AM
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You're conflating % of profit of the market with % of market share.
For example, Apple only has 10-40%[1] of the smartphone market (i.e. market share), but they capture north of 80%[2] of the physical device sale profits. There have even been years where they captured more than 100% of the profits[3]..
The same goes for the app store: iOS owners are often more likely to pay for apps, but Android developers make up this difference by including ads and tracking, which isn't 'consumer spend' but still makes money.
For example, Apple only has 10-40%[1] of the smartphone market (i.e. market share), but they capture north of 80%[2] of the physical device sale profits. There have even been years where they captured more than 100% of the profits[3]..
The same goes for the app store: iOS owners are often more likely to pay for apps, but Android developers make up this difference by including ads and tracking, which isn't 'consumer spend' but still makes money.
[1] depends on who you ask
[2] https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/17/apple-grabs-86-of...
[3] https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/04/apple-smartphone-profit...