Re:Apple’s app store and other digital marketplaces [pdf]
by jedimind on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @04:36PM
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> Are you going to be charging me less if Apple gave a discount on your app commissions?
Not necessarily, but developers will have a higher margin, which will allow them to continue developing their apps and increase their quality, because they don't have to waste their time thinking about X ways to increase their tiny margins of the product, so they can survive for a little bit longer.
>App developers are highly likely to claim that the platform is monopolistic because they would benefit from such a decision.
Apple is highly likely to claim that the platform is not monopolistic because they would benefit from such a decision. See? the statement can be easily inverted, again it's a vacuous statement. Is their behavior anti competitive and in violation of the spirit of the law? That's the essential question.
Not necessarily, but developers will have a higher margin, which will allow them to continue developing their apps and increase their quality, because they don't have to waste their time thinking about X ways to increase their tiny margins of the product, so they can survive for a little bit longer.
>App developers are highly likely to claim that the platform is monopolistic because they would benefit from such a decision.
Apple is highly likely to claim that the platform is not monopolistic because they would benefit from such a decision. See? the statement can be easily inverted, again it's a vacuous statement. Is their behavior anti competitive and in violation of the spirit of the law? That's the essential question.