Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down13
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months ago“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller” Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months ago Google Play accounts for well over 90 percent of all downloads onto Android phones in the US, according to state prosecutors
“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller”
Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.