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> You wouldn't call Nintendo a monopolist because they dictate the rules of the Switch, would you?

If the Switch controlled the entire ecosystem that drove half of peoples’ interaction with the world, yes.

Where do you get half?

He made it up. Because it is nowhere near that. It is actually not even 1/4th.

http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide

Worldwide it's less then 1/4, but for obvious reasons, its market share is much higher in wealthier countries. From a brief search, it's 46% in the US, and has the majority in a handful of European countries including the UK and Norway. So regulators in those countries still have a reason to look at it.

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