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A comment on Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by objclxt on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @07:02AM (#22053509)
> I can't remember the %, but it seems unlikely, in the fact of all that competition that it was as high as 30%.

Many of the J2ME etc app stores prior to Apple were run by network carriers, and their cuts were considerably higher than 30% - upwards of 50%, even more for things like direct carrier billing (the app would be charged to your phone bill).

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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by redwall_hp on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:10PM (#22057359)
Wouldn't Palm, Windows CE and Newton be a better analogue than dumbphones? The original iPhone had more in common with PDAs and the first wave of smartphones (Nokia N800 et al) than with little Motorola flip phones.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by hrktb on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:28PM (#22058115)
“dumbphones” had very useful and prolific apps with integrated carrier billing depending on the country.

Motorola phones might have been truely “dumb”, that wasn’t true for a Casio or a Panasonic phone for instance.

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