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Ok. But that’s also baked into the cost of the device at sale. If we’re talking about the App Store, bandwidth, redistribution, etc that it provides sure. But .
by Operyl 8y ago
Ok. But that’s also baked into the cost of the device at sale. If we’re talking about the App Store, bandwidth, redistribution, etc that it provides sure. But .. I don’t agree with your listed examples.
- sokoloff 8y agoI disagree. Apple works on its development ecosystem in part because they know doing so drives App Store revenue. It's not like "Oh yeah, we build all these dev tools, documentation, and libraries, but that's only because we sell the hardware. If we shut down the App Store tomorrow, we'd keep making all the dev tools with the same level of investment."
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- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI assume this is why there aren't any dev tools, documentation, or libraries available for macOS. Developing for the Mac must be absurdly difficult! Edit: This was sarcasm.
- kalleboo 8y agoAt the same time, without apps, nobody would buy an iPhone. Apple didn't pull Facebooks app from the store because it would have a huge impact on iPhone sales.