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by nihonde 2569 days ago
You can’t define Apple’s market as iOS customers unless there are no alternatives to iOS, which there most certainly are.
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I already have explained; there's no alternative to iOS for apple mobile devices unless you're willing to pay more than $500 for an equivalent level of android device. If Apple allows Android to be installed to Apple devices, then things can be different though.
This is true with any industry. There is no alternative from Honda unless you are willing to spend <car-price> on another car.
Same applies to PlayStation, XBox, Switch, FitBit, Tesla, Thermomix etc.

Pretty much the standard.

In fact software monopolies on hardware isn't pretty much the standard, it's a universal reality in just about all consumer products except one—the personal computer. And even then it's exceedingly rare for a consumer to deviate from the shipped software.
Are you really going to persist in claiming that Apple has a monopoly on its own products? If so, your grasp of competition rules is fatally flawed.