Comment by SomeHacker44
1 day ago
I did some... Googling.... Anyway, it seems many sites estimate iOS as about 57% of the US market, not 20%.
1 day ago
I did some... Googling.... Anyway, it seems many sites estimate iOS as about 57% of the US market, not 20%.
Since the article is about an Australian court case and comments discussed the US & EU, I was using figures for the whole world, which seems to be 16-18% depending on the source.[1][2] Even if we restrict numbers to the US, 57% is rarely considered monopoly. You'd need significant barriers to entry, and the smartphone market has enough manufacturers that it would be hard to argue that such a barrier exists.
1. https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insight/post-insight-re...
2. https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/