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Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US

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Re: Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US

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They are also at ~30% on the desktop for consumer OS (non enterprise) How do i know? check stats from porn websites :) https://www.pornhub.com/insights/yir-2021#Devices-Technology

> for consumer OS (non enterprise)

I dont think one can exclude enterprise here

Re: Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US

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I attribute most of this to iMessage and the associated lock-in effect.

You don't see the same trend in the rest of the world where 3rd party messengers (Whatsapp, Viber, Line, snapchat, etc) are mostly used for comms.

The inability of iPhones to easily host 'cracked' apps also acts as an anchor to adoption - theres a lot of people hooked on their cracked ad-free spotify or youtube apps, or games with 'everything free'.

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