▲ 379 ▼ Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store (alternativeto.net) submitted 1 year ago by tfm [A] to c/technology@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/390943
[–] dwazou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children) The Xbox doesn't have the majority of the gaming market. The smartphone market is basically a duopoly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] reddig33@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) This says Xbox has over 60% of global market share: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/console/worldwide/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] unautrenom@jlai.lu 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Nintendo 0% Doubtful. These numbers provided are completely wrong. Back when files were leaked during this very trial, Epic revealed they had 3 to 4 times more players on Playstations than Xboxes everywhere other than the US. Accorsing to Statista (accesible on a third party site if you want to avoid registring), Xbox only has 23% of the market (as opposee to PS's 45% and Nintendo's 27%). I don't like Microsoft, and I agree sideloading should be a thing on consoles too, but they definitely do not hold a majority of the console market, let alone a monopoly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles. Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dwazou@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago* Fair enough. I think hardware companies should make money selling devices. They should be banned from jailing their users in a locked proprietary ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Noe does iOS, Android has the vast majority of the smartphone market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) A duopoly doesn't require a 50/50 market share. It simply requires them to be the only real options and to both engage in similar anti-consumer practises. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) This says Xbox has over 60% of global market share: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/console/worldwide/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] unautrenom@jlai.lu 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Nintendo 0% Doubtful. These numbers provided are completely wrong. Back when files were leaked during this very trial, Epic revealed they had 3 to 4 times more players on Playstations than Xboxes everywhere other than the US. Accorsing to Statista (accesible on a third party site if you want to avoid registring), Xbox only has 23% of the market (as opposee to PS's 45% and Nintendo's 27%). I don't like Microsoft, and I agree sideloading should be a thing on consoles too, but they definitely do not hold a majority of the console market, let alone a monopoly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles. Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dwazou@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago* Fair enough. I think hardware companies should make money selling devices. They should be banned from jailing their users in a locked proprietary ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unautrenom@jlai.lu 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Nintendo 0% Doubtful. These numbers provided are completely wrong. Back when files were leaked during this very trial, Epic revealed they had 3 to 4 times more players on Playstations than Xboxes everywhere other than the US. Accorsing to Statista (accesible on a third party site if you want to avoid registring), Xbox only has 23% of the market (as opposee to PS's 45% and Nintendo's 27%). I don't like Microsoft, and I agree sideloading should be a thing on consoles too, but they definitely do not hold a majority of the console market, let alone a monopoly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago Tbh I think that data is incredibly misleading. Every single generation of PlayStation has outsold the Xbox of the same generation(yes even the ps3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles. Additionally looking at the faq for that site it appears to get its data via page views. What % of console users actually use the browser? Is bet very few. Especially when you consider the ps5 has no built in browser. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dwazou@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago* Fair enough. I think hardware companies should make money selling devices. They should be banned from jailing their users in a locked proprietary ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Noe does iOS, Android has the vast majority of the smartphone market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) A duopoly doesn't require a 50/50 market share. It simply requires them to be the only real options and to both engage in similar anti-consumer practises. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) A duopoly doesn't require a 50/50 market share. It simply requires them to be the only real options and to both engage in similar anti-consumer practises. permalink fedilink source parent