Re:Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program
by beagle3 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:54AM
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It has zero effect on Epic’s bottom line, but a potentially huge effect on their lawsuit - they were portraying themselves in the media, and likely the lawsuit as well, as “fighting for everyone, especially the little guys”. All of a sudden, they are left fighting for the fat cats.
It also reduces their anti-competitive effect on new entrants. Now they have a beachhead. Sounds like a win-win.
There should be an additional tier between e.g. $1mm and $25mm. Though that still wouldn't satisfy an absolutist constituency. So maybe this is the most efficient compromise.
> This has nothing to do with “doing the right thing”
Who cares? I'll take effective solutions from self-interested actors over well-intentioned bumbling.
> everything to do with limiting the number of outraged letters to senators from devs
Sounds like a responsive political system.
If your concern is the App Store's 30% take from large developers, good news: they have the resources to find recourse in courts. Small developers don't. Given this has zero effect on Epic, it has zero effect on their case. (Just, perhaps, its lobbying effect in Congress.)