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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller"

Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Google Play accounts for well over 90 percent of all downloads onto Android phones in the US, according to state prosecutors

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm comfortable installing apks and even I probably only have 3 or 4 vs the 50 or 60 play store apps on my phone.