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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by filoleg on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:55PM (#23566351)
>Apple is a minority player in every single market in the world, including the US.

While I heavily agree with the rest of your reply whole-heartedly, this specific part isn't entirely correct.

You are correct that Apple (when it comes to smartphones) is a minority player worldwide, but it isn't the case in the US, where it sits at a comfortable 58% smartphone market share [0], thus making it a majority player.

0. https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united...

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by cwhiz on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:36PM (#23568306)
That link does not load for me and it contradicts Statista[0] so I am not sure exactly what to believe.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held...

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by dmix on Thursday June 18, 2020 @10:35PM (#23570440)
I believe the OP is using "market share" as porportion of revenue" of the marketplace and not actual number of users.

I'm highly skeptical that iOS is greater than 50% of the US market based on the endless web analytics I've looked at through my career (and that >50% goes back a number of years in their stats).

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