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Originally Posted by John F

39% sounds like a rather large dent.

wall street journal

the tablet—a new industry invented by Apple in 2010—features a 68% share for the iPad. Since June 2007, Apple has increased an astounding $422 billion in market cap; Google shares, by about $13 billion.

As of now, the Android universe is fragmenting. The hands-off “openness” of Google lets device makers put out whatever products might generate sales for them without giving thought to what makes the whole ecosystem better. This has some distinct advantages (ask Bill Gates), but also some drawbacks, as when the platform splinters, confusing consumers and making app developers work harder for the same returns.

Now top developers, according to numerous reports in the tech press, are ditching Android for Apple—for a company that maintains dictatorial control over its content. That very coordination is yielding unmatched benefits, particularly in customer ease-of-use that drives iPhone and iPad owners to be truly massive consumers of apps and online media.

The magic is not in a particular model but in the dynamics of platform competition. Shouting out “open” or “closed” as a prescription for categorical success is at best a mirage and at worst a predicate for anticonsumer public policy, like the government’s long antitrust crusade against Microsoft.

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