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Re:Apple Q4/2022 by prepend on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:18PM (#33364783)
> The App Store is a fundamental de-facto monopoly on software distribution and (as we've seen with Spotify) service development.

This would be true if Android didn’t exist. But it does, so apple isn’t.

What would be funny is if Google stops developing android, since it’s lot lucrative, so they can sue under antitrust to improve their ad business that apple keeps hampering.

Re:Apple Q4/2022 by smoldesu on Thursday October 27, 2022 @08:51PM (#33366112)
> This would be true if Android didn’t exist. But it does, so apple isn’t.

This would be true if iOS and the App Store weren't separate entities. But they are, so it isn't.

If Google stops contributing to the AOSP, they would not be able to sue under antitrust because Android still exists.

Re:Apple Q4/2022 by prepend on Friday October 28, 2022 @07:30AM (#33370040)
I don’t think Android would retain much market power, especially in the US and Europe, if Google stopped backing it.