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by izacus 2102 days ago
Please don't mix up a small market of entertainment devices with a market of computers that half of Americans use as primary communication method with others, primary source of news, primary source of media and many other things. Coincidentally, all of those sources are supervised and censored by Apple having effective control of political and any other messaging for half of countries population.

If that's equivalent to a gaming console then perhaps you need to adjust your comparison algorithm.

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You might feel like there is a practical distinction between the two, but for legal purposes there isn't. If Epic wins their case then their theory of Apple's "monopoly" over their own products will also directly apply to Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and any other hardware device where the manufacturer controls what software is allowed to run on it.
20% of the world mobile phone devices is definitely a tiny spot compared with the world wide sales of PlayStation 4, XBox or Switch.
The court case is happening the USA.

Which means that the relevant market is 50% of the US market. (As apple has about 50% of the USA smartphone market)