• smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    It’s a monopsony - a monopoly from the other side.

    Google Play Store is not the single seller of apps to users but a single sensible buyer from developers. Of course with most apps being free of change, “buyer” and “seller” are loose terms to satisfy the definition.

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      1 year ago

      It’s both really.
      As an app developer it’s a monopsony.
      As an app user its a monopoly.