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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by mthoms on Thursday January 25, 2024 @06:51PM (#39137115)
It's interesting that Apple seem to be including (estimated) sales of physical goods (i.e. Amazon) and subscriptions (i.e. Netflix) that are billed entirely outside the App Store.

I guess that since those apps came from the App Store to begin with, they are counting that as revenue that the App Store "generated"? Talk about playing word games.

According to the TC article you linked, Apple previously released this figure phrased as sales that it "facilitated"[1]. A much more accurate, and far less braggadocios descriptor.

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but I see a huge difference between "generated" and "facilitated". Bad Apple.

[1]https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apples-app-store-ecos...

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by pbhjpbhj on Friday January 26, 2024 @05:28AM (#39141010)
>a huge difference between "generated" and "facilitated". Bad Apple. //

You're spot on.

Seems more like "this is the money we weren't able to use our monopoly to extract value from, aren't we soooo altruistic!".

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