[thaumasiotes]

> They have somewhere around 50% of the global market in terms of smartphone revenue (not devices shipped).

On a monopoly/monopsony theory, devices shipped is the relevant metric, and revenue isn't.

[JamesBarney]

Are you sure? I was looking for this and everything mentioned market share but it didn't specify unit vs revenue market share.

[hellofunk]

This has been well documented for years, the average iOS app earns nearly a multiple of close to 10 what other mobile platforms earn. Their share of revenue from apps is massive compared to their market share of devices.

[zyx321]

Whether the market is 60:35 is favor of Apple or 60:35 in favor of Google, either way there's no real competition in the market. It's two local monopolies milking their captive audiences for everything they're worth.

[BlueTemplar]

The relevant metric is the ability to move the market. The % don't directly matter.

[joking]

for me the relevant metric is they have the 100% of ios devices market, at least on Android you have several app stores. That is a problem for me, but one that I can't foresee a solution in the future.