re: The Justice Department is suing Apple for having a monopoly on smartphones

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In the US it's about 60/40 iOS/Android

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I suspect one of the issues that will pop up here is that market share by OS is not the same as market share by smartphone manufacturer, since there are multiple manufactures making Android phones. Samsung is obviously the biggest, but they have competition.

When you look at it by manufacturer it makes the case for an Apple monopoly in the US look quite a bit stronger, as instead of 60/40 it becomes more like 60/20/10/others. (Depending on the source you use, since market share data can be somewhat iffy from different sources.)

That said, I’m kind of shocked that the DOJ is actually pursuing an antitrust suit against big tech in this day and age. The political and legal muscle behind big tech firms is a LOT stronger than it was 20 years ago when they went after Microsoft.