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Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by ntsplnkv2 on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:11PM (#24190688)
It's not a monopoly. There is an alternative which dominates the market share. This simply is not a monopoly.

> Apple absolutely has market dominance over apps that are sold on the iphone.

This is just wrong. This would hold true if no alternative exists. There currently is not an app the iPhone offers that isn't matched in functionality anywhere else.

This doesn't pass basic legal sniff tests.

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Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by stale2002 on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:57PM (#24191282)
> This is just wrong. This would hold true if no alternative exists. There currently is not an app the iPhone offers that isn't matched in functionality anywhere else.

There is no alternative for buying apps on the iPhone.

> It's not a monopoly. There is an alternative which dominates the market share.

Yes it is. There is not a single alternative, for buying apps on the iPhone. They control that market, and have 100% market share over the iPhone app store market.

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