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That's weird. Why did they say that web apps were the way to go for the first two revs of "iPhone OS"? But seriously: app store revenue is a rounding error. It
by Eric_WVGG 7y ago
That's weird. Why did they say that web apps were the way to go for the first two revs of "iPhone OS"?
But seriously: app store revenue is a rounding error. It's more likely that Apple perceives web apps as a threat to their bottom line the same way they view ripped MP3s as a threat to their iTunes revenue.
- Razengan 7y ago> app store revenue is a rounding error. “Apple’s apps economy: Bigger than Hollywood” https://fortune.com/2015/01/22/apples-apps-economy-bigger-than-hollywood/ https://fortune.com/2015/01/22/apples-apps-economy-bigger-th...
- Eric_WVGG 7y agoEh? Videogames have made more money than Hollywood for years, that's not news or impressive. $14b (app store napkin estimate), out of $265b (2018), is ~5%.
- dmitriid 7y agoIn 2018 AppStore revenue was $46.6 billion [1]. Apple revenue for 2018 was $265.6 billion [2] So, your "rounding error" is in reality 17.5% of Apple's entire revenue. It's "only" twice bigger than the entire Mac portion of Apple's business which is $25 billion [3] [1] https://www.cultofmac.com/601492/app-store-google-play-revenue-2018/ https://www.cultofmac.com/601492/app-store-google-play-reven... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/265125/total-net-sales-of-apple-since-2004/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/265125/total-net-sales-o... [3] https://notesmatic.com/2018/12/apple-revenue-from-mac/ https://notesmatic.com/2018/12/apple-revenue-from-mac/