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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by bryanrasmussen on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:17AM (#27615421)
because running an app store costs a lot of money and would only be profitable if you had a lot of customers at which point you have a hard time fighting the advantage google has with play store already available.

An app store is not a product, it is a feature.

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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by criddell on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:43AM (#27615896)
If the App Store is a feature, then maybe they should charge more for the product to cover that feature.
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by bryanrasmussen on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:40AM (#27617214)
The question was why is there no meaningful competition in app stores - not sure how charging more for the product would cause there to be more app stores for that product?
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