Only if you use their definition of monopoly at minimum they form an Oligopoly in phones. (They repeatedly have claimed in court that all computing devices are the market they compete in with iPhone)
If you are an Apple user what real choice do you have? The cost of switching is massive for established users as everything Apple only supports Apple.
Sure an unaffiliated user can choose but once you are in one camp it requires a massive change to switch.
They utilize this to raise their prices holding the difficulty to switch against their users.
On a similar note they use heavy vertical integration to avoid options for users. You want their OS you need to buy their hardware.
"Doesn't have a monopoly" only makes sense in a make believe world where you have 95% market share or enough competition.
Guvante|2 years ago
If you are an Apple user what real choice do you have? The cost of switching is massive for established users as everything Apple only supports Apple.
Sure an unaffiliated user can choose but once you are in one camp it requires a massive change to switch.
They utilize this to raise their prices holding the difficulty to switch against their users.
On a similar note they use heavy vertical integration to avoid options for users. You want their OS you need to buy their hardware.
"Doesn't have a monopoly" only makes sense in a make believe world where you have 95% market share or enough competition.
scarface_74|2 years ago