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by spideymans 1822 days ago
How can Apple "reign supreme" over the industry, to the point where they're facing significant anti-trust pressure, while also having negligible marketshare? Clearly there is more to this supremacy than raw marketshare.
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US marketshare and mindshare among the (US) people who decide such things. If all the relevant politicians and judges and their friends and families (presumably all wealthy) have iPhones...
>while also having negligible marketshare?

As well as having 55% US marketshare as other posters have mentioned, they account for 42% of global smartphone profits despite only having 17% marketshare.

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2021/04/apples-...

55% market share in the US, and the app store has like 70% mobile revenue is enough for US antitrust action.