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by photonerd 1095 days ago
They have 31% of the market, not even a third.

They’re not even in the same league as what MS was doing. At the time of the EU vs MS suit they had a 91% market share, and had only recently come down from a fraction over 95%

THAT is why the EU took action. Apple isn’t in a monopoly position in phones at all, they’re not even the dominant OS.

What they are, is the one that makes the most money.

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You are right that Apple does not have a monopoly on phones. But that does not mean that their behaviour is not anti-competitive.
Almost all companies behavior is anti-competitive in some way. They rarely (tho occasionally) try to promote competition.

Requiring Play services so much is anti-competitive by Google.

Anti-competitive behavior isn’t, by itself, an issue. At least… it’s only an issue ideologically speaking.