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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by crumpets on Saturday March 16, 2019 @01:10PM (#19408863)
None of your comparisons are apt because desktops are not smartphones.

An android phone is just as portable and has all of the same features as an Apple phone. The only day to day difference is having access to the apple ecosystem.

It’s nothing but a minor inconvenience to switch between android and iOS. The same can’t be said for any of your other comparisons.

Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by jeremydeanlakey on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:32PM (#19409356)
> It’s nothing but a minor inconvenience to switch between android and iOS.

Switching includes spending hundreds of dollars plus hours to setup and figure things out plus several days of frustrating adjustments.

You might call that a "minor inconvenience". It certainly is more minor than my examples above. But that absolutely is enough to separate the two app markets. Virtually nobody will switch systems for an app.