Microsoft poised to overtake Apple as most valuable company -- again
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As Microsoft stock rises and Apple's falls over analysts expectation of slowing iPhone demand, the two firms are once more within $100 billion of each other — the smallest gap in over two years.

Microsoft poised to overtake Apple as most valuable company::As Microsoft stock rises and Apple’s falls over analysts expectation of slowing iPhone demand, the two firms are once more within $100 billion of each other — the smallest gap in over two years.

  • the_weez@midwest.socialEnglish
    997·
    1 year ago

    Let’s break up both of their monopolies!

    Both of these companies played dirty to get on top, both hide money in tax havens. They both stiffle innovation.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      162·
      1 year ago

      They can be monopolies in their respective industries. They are not directly competing in hardware or services in their most profitable products.

      Duopolies are also an issue

      • PorkSoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        1 year ago

        They offer multiple products and services. Each of which can have a respective monopoly.

        • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
          47·
          1 year ago

          OK but what monopoly do they have? I can’t even think of one, let alone two.

          Windows, for example, is about 29% of web traffic, putting them in second place behind Android… and Apple is also bigger than Windows if you don’t split the fruit companies operating system up based on wether or not it has a touch screen (seems like a silly distinction to me).

          There are clearly three players with about a third of the market each in the OS space. What’s the other one? Microsoft Office? Isn’t that like 20% of the market?

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            1 year ago

            Are you seriously comparing PCs to Android phones and pretending they’re the same market? Lol

            You may as well be saying Luxottica can’t possibly have a monopoly on manufacturing glasses as there are plenty of manufacturers of binoculars.

            “They’re both used for seeing things! I don’t see the monopoly!”