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The margins of the Play Store are huge and it's quite easy to disrupt with a copy cat - the developers will flock to an alternative store with similar functiona
by cornholio 8y ago
The margins of the Play Store are huge and it's quite easy to disrupt with a copy cat - the developers will flock to an alternative store with similar functionality and 2% fees. And of course customers.
The Play store is the crown jewel and protecting that massive revenue stream is paramount, it could well become the most important software market in the world.
- beerlord 8y agoSo a copycat needs: -Developers -Customers -To be able to survive on fees less than it costs for a credit card transaction -To be installed on something better than Android And you call all this easy? ;-)
- cornholio 8y agoThe only thing a copycat needs is that manufacturers be allowed to install it as the default app store, without ruining their relation with Google. Once that happens, copy cats will pay manufacturers to preinstall, leading to customers, leading to developers who want to tap that still uncrowded market. And once multiple app stores bootstrap, a price war is inevitable - margins of 30% would be undefendable since they would be passed on to the consumer who would switch to a cheaper app store. It's very clear why Google would want to prevent such a race.