The Monopoly of Apple App Store

Apple has a huge market share when it comes to mobile phones. While Samsung is edge-to-edge with Apple in the competition, iPhones are still the industry’s most loved device. This gives Apple an advantage over its competitors. If you look at Google’s Android ecosystem, you will find that there is much freedom for developers and customers.Apple’s lawsuits over the yearsApple is still very restricted and has fought lawsuits over developers jailbreaking the device and customizing it at their own will. One of the latest and ongoing lawsuits for Apple is related to its App Store.Many companies such as Spotify, Angry Birds, Epic Games, etc. have accused Apple of taking a huge cut of 30% for the in-app purchases on its store. While some of them have tried to let users download their app directly through their website, Apple has come forward to defend itself and restrict that as well.Unlike Android, where there are multiples unofficial app stores such as ACMarket, Aptoide, APKPure, etc., Apple doesn’t allow its users to download applications from anywhere else than its own App Store.To use unofficial app stores on Apple, namely Cydia, Tweakbox, etc., users need to jailbreak their devices. This is a risky process…
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