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by tptacek 5829 days ago
Last I checked, Apple had something like a 20% share of the market for the platforms on which those apps run. Their phone has a feature, which all other app phones share, that happens to get used far more than its competition. That doesn't make Apple a monopolist.
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gte910h 5829 days ago
They sell 20% of the phones.

They sell near 100% of all apps for all phones. The people who buy apps on Android, Blackberry, Simbian and WinMo are vastly dwarfed on the sales of apps for the Apple AppStore.

They do not have a monopoly in phones, but in App sales.

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tptacek 5829 days ago
Explain to me how you can have a monopoly in app sales when you own only 20% of the app-running platforms (and you have competitors with a significantly larger share). How can you distort the market from that vantage point? If you abuse customers, they simply go to BlackBerry or Android.
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gte910h 5828 days ago
Most people who own android, blackberry and winmo, don't buy any apps. Most people who have the iPhone, buy 27 (the actual number, the mean as of April 25, 2009).

That's how. A huge percentage of android apps are free, and many people don't get you can install things on blackberry and winmo.

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