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A comment on Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing. Parent comment

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by moron4hire on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:18AM (#27255565)
> Apple itself said in the trial that games pretty much subsidize all other apps in terms of the money Apple makes out of the App Store.

How does that work? It's not like Apple spent money to develop the games or the apps. And they are diverting money from the profitable games to the unprofitable apps. So how, exactly, are the games subsidizing the apps?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by Leherenn on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:28PM (#27256794)
I assume it's that for most apps, the hosting/payment processing/... costs outweight the revenues they make from their cut, but not for games.
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