I don't see how you can be a monopoly with <30% market share.

jobs_throwaway · 2025-03-18T19:00:45 1742324445

You don't see how you can be a monopoly with nearly 2/3 market share and 2.5x market size of your next-largest competitor? You must not be very imaginative

hyperbovine · 2025-03-18T20:36:55 1742330215

Some other companies with similar market share:

  - Coca Cola
  - DoorDash
  - Adobe
  - Tesla
  - Canon digital cameras

I guess we should break all them up too.

int_19h · 2025-03-18T21:34:39 1742333679

If they abuse their market dominance, we absolutely should.

hyperbovine · 2025-03-19T16:11:25 1742400685

Please precisely quantify how none of these companies do that except Apple.

int_19h · 2025-03-19T18:53:10 1742410390

I didn't say that none of them do.

jobs_throwaway · 2025-03-19T15:29:08 1742398148

If they start acting anti-competitively, we 100% should break them up

AnthonyMouse · 2025-03-18T17:22:29 1742318549

You're conflating two different markets.

Apple has less than 100% market share for phones. Apps and phone accessories are not phones, they're separate products made by separate entities.

If Apple phones and Android phones were compatible then the apps would be addressing the same market. For example, phones from Samsung and phones from Xiaomi both run the same apps, so they're in the same market. However, phones from Apple and phones from Samsung do not run the same apps. They're different markets. And Apple has a monopoly on the former.

dismalaf · 2025-03-18T17:09:19 1742317759

Apple has majority share in the US.