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Re:Safari is the new IE by fpgeek on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @09:57AM (#9805201)
It's not about the money from the app store, it's about the lock-in from apps, which is far more valuable.
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Re:Safari is the new IE by coldtea on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @12:48PM (#9806601)
Not much lock-in. Most apps are either cross platform or for casual use, and I could buy an Android phone and be productive tomorrow, transferring all my images, documents, contacts and such in a couple of hours.

People don't feel locked with their app purchases. Case in point, the large volumes of people going from Android to iOS and vice versa.

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