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Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store

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So people can’t choose a smart phone platform based on thier platform? If people care about the apps that are not available on iPhone they can buy an Android device just as easily S someone who doesn’t like the games that are available on Nintendo’s platform can buy a PlayStation or XBox.

If an Iphone user wants to use an Android app, they can just buy a second phone? Great solution. Android apps and Iphone simply aren't substitutable goods, so they are different markets.

I actually like the definition through "substitutable". Is it official in any way? Because if it is not, it should be.

Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store

#183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If an Iphone user wants to use an Android app, they can just buy a second phone? Great solution. Android apps and Iphone simply aren't substitutable goods, so they are different markets.

I actually like the definition through "substitutable". Is it official in any way? Because if it is not, it should be.

It looks like it is, at least in the EU.[1] Substitutability also seems to play a role in the US, but I haven't read that article.[2]

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM... [2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/1072648

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