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The app store is Apple's way of selling out access to their customers, it just happens to be to developers instead of advertisers. I use Android and iOS so I d

by paulgb 10y ago

The app store is Apple's way of selling out access to their customers, it just happens to be to developers instead of advertisers. I use Android and iOS so I don't have a horse in the race, but it's disengenous to claim that Apple's business model makes it any more your device than Apple's.

ChrisLTD 10y ago
App Store revenue is a drop in the bucket for Apple. The App Store's raison d'être is to drive more hardware sales.
- paulgb 10y ago
  That's not what apple tells shareholders: http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/01/see-how-apples-services-revenue-has-grown-steadily-amid-changes-in-other-business-segments http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/01/see-how-app...
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