Monopoly is the wrong word but Apple's practices are at least bordering on anti-consumer.
The only monopoly apple have is over their own customers i.e. switching away from apple isn't cheap
The only monopoly apple have is over their own customers i.e. switching away from apple isn't cheap
Replacing hardware is the expensive part. But again, if you want to change technology vendors, there's always a cost.
The only 'expense' is the few hours to relearn a few keystrokes.
Yes, that might be an oversimplification, but it's really not that expeisve or difficult to move from one platform to antother.
As always, monopoly depends on how you define your market. If the market as iOS apps then Apple is clearly a monopoly.