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The subscription based services (News, Games) are an important step forward but don't do enough to change things meaningfully for game developers and news publi
by mgreg 8y ago
The subscription based services (News, Games) are an important step forward but don't do enough to change things meaningfully for game developers and news publishers. On the plus side Apple relieves the burden of managing an ad ecosystem and the slimy feeling of selling out customers' attention to the highest bidder.
On the minus side the publishers and developers are still compensated by the amount of time users spend in their articles/games so the incentive is still to develop addictive and time hogging services or click bait. To be fair this is a difficult problem as there's not an objective measure for quality that compensation could be based on. Perhaps more thought could have gone into this though.
- scarface74 8y agoWe don’t know how the game publishers are compensated. We do know that Apple is paying some game developers up front and funding games. That reduces the risk of an indy developer a lot. Even if the game is addictive, at least it isn’t tracking you or trying to take advantage of you financially.
- b_tterc_p 8y agoDo we know that? That seems astounding to me. This is a difficult industry with high risk where they’re primarily just competing with their own free apps for what will probably be cannibalizing user time.
- scarface74 8y agoThere is a reason none of the big companies are on board. It takes a lot for an indy developer to break through the noise. https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/25/apple-will-fund-exclusives-for-apple-arcade-game-subscription/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/25/apple-will-fund-exclusive...