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I’m worried about breaking up Apple. Control of the App Store is how they keep the iPhone secure and malware free. They make money on things sold through the st
by abalone 8y ago
I’m worried about breaking up Apple. Control of the App Store is how they keep the iPhone secure and malware free. They make money on things sold through the store, yes, but they make most of their money in the phone itself. Break that up and now whoever runs the store has a lot more pressure to make money by exploiting your data, cutting back on curation, etc.
- yeldarb 8y agoI don't think that's what's being proposed. It's that if they are going to control the App Store they can't also participate with their own apps. For instance, Apple Music, which has gotten over 50 million paying users not by being the best music app but by being pushed heavily by Apple as the platform owner. In Warren's plan, Apple Music could not be controlled by Apple. It would have to compete in the App Store on its own merits.
- abalone 8y ago> For instance, Apple Music, which has gotten over 50 million paying users not by being the best music app but by being pushed heavily by Apple as the platform owner. Apple Music has more music, a longer free trial and integration with iTunes which lets you upload your own music and sync it to all your devices among other features. By one estimate it converts free users into subscribers at 3X the rate of Spotify.[1] That’s a sign of happier customers, not just being pushed by the platform. Worth mentioning they pay artists more too. And what are you saying, Warren would let Apple run the store but would have to break off Music into a separate entity? All their other bundled apps too like Maps? I didn’t get that from the proposal.. and it doesn’t strike me as consumer friendly. [1] https://bgr.com/2018/09/25/apple-music-vs-spotify-paid-subscribers/ https://bgr.com/2018/09/25/apple-music-vs-spotify-paid-subsc...