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		airstrike on March 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair > By contrast, Apple is a minority player in the mobile market. Apple sold 47% of the all smartphones shipped in the US in Q4 2018 https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-market-smartphone-sh...

koyote on March 13, 2019 | [–]

But only 13% worldwide.

https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2019-02-2...

jhasse on March 13, 2019 | [–]

1. "in the US"

2. 47% is not a monopoly

egoisticalgoat on March 13, 2019 | [–]

it's not a monopoly (which your parent also didn't say), but since it's still the biggest piece of pie in the marketshare it's certainly not a "minority" as your parents parent said

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