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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by Topgamer7 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:59AM (#18560602)
Apple is where they are by taking a percent off sales through their store. It would be a fight to claw out their main source of revenue.
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Re:Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? by mattferderer on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:42AM (#18561515)
Actually it's a small percentage.

"For calendar 2017 the App sztores approximate $11.4 billion in revenue was almost 5% of the company’s projected $237 billion in total revenue and over a third of the $31 billion in forecasted services revenue." - https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/01/06/apples-ap...

Great podcast on this topic - https://www.mergeconflict.fm/113

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