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by omeid2 908 days ago
Yeah, why be the dominant messaging platform when you can be the the dominant platform without any qualifier.
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criley2 908 days ago
They aren't the dominant platform regardless of qualifier. Android has a 70% global market share. They aren't even the dominant platform in any country, barely breaking 50% in a few.

What's next, are we going to call OSX the dominant OS platform lol

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porridgeraisin 908 days ago
They are coming to be.

First of all, it's simply completely unaffordable in developing countries so you can't realistically consider them part of the market. In rural India, an iPhone 15 pro Max or whatever is more than a year of income for many.

Coming to countries like the us, studies show that among younger folks, apple's market share is close to 90% [1]

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-rules-gen-z-nearly-90-...

The legal jargon surrounding what dominance is remains completely irrelevant, just like the legal system itself -- the punishments are pocket money for these companies, so it's mostly ceremony to keep lawyers employed.

But from a logical standpoint, they most certainly already are in many segments, and are coming to be in other segments.

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criley2 908 days ago
"As long as you ignore poor people and only look at this generation of American teenagers, Apple is hugely dominant!"

I'm not sure this is the win you think it is ?

Androids 70% marketshare has been extremely stable over the past decade. That is the dominant platform, no qualifiers.

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