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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by te_chris on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:12AM (#18561239)
Global market share. In most western countries it's around 50/50 or 60/40 one way or the other. End of the day, that's still where most of the purchasing power is.
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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by tpush on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:23PM (#18562431)
> In most western countries it's around 50/50 or 60/40 one way or the other.

Not really, it's 70/30 Android/iOS for the whole of Europe on average.

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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by te_chris on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:52AM (#18567959)
Yeah, but in the wealthier countries, apart from Germany and France, it seems iOS is either almost tied or in the majority (I just looked at US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden)
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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by danieldk on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:22AM (#18561345)
Indeed, and Apple's services revenue is also growing quite a bit. So, they'll want chunks of the market where it is also likely that people will be purchasing paid apps, iCloud storage, Apple Music, movies, etc.
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