Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies

Re:Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @03:23PM (#38775673)

> If you had to classify the iPhone as either a console or a general-purpose computer, I think the answer is obvious.

Sure, it's obviously a computer.

> Apple doesn't have monopolistic control over anything. The smartphone marketplace is full of competition, so consumers have lots of choices in every segment.

How do you figure? If you want a phone, you're getting Android or iOS. In practice it is at best a duopoly.

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Re:Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies by notnullorvoid on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @09:32PM (#38778462)

Yup it's a duopoly when it comes to marketplaces, and there's a strong argument to be made that Apple is a monopoly on the phone market as a whole. In many countries iPhones account for 50% or more of the phone market. Where as no company making Android devices controls 50% of the phone market, at least not in the west.

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