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by benzible 1939 days ago
Apple has > 60% market share in the US [1]. 60% is considered by courts to be a barrier to entry for new competitors [2]

[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-sta...

[2] https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c10784/c10784.pdf: "60% is a favorite threshold for the courts"

3 comments

All the search results for iOS US market share give such wildly different answers, from 15% to 65%. I wonder what the deal is.
A quick search for worldwide data shows that both Shopify as iOS have a market share in the ~23% area.
Thanks!