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Maybe it is but it bears more analysis than just capitalizing the word 'IS'. There are a fair number of costs involved: - Reviewing 350,000 apps x the number
by rbarooah 16y ago
Maybe it is but it bears more analysis than just capitalizing the word 'IS'.
There are a fair number of costs involved:
- Reviewing 350,000 apps x the number of updates. Say 1,000,000 reviews?
- Bandwidth and hosting for all apps, free or not.
- Taxes
- Credit card fees
- Bank fees for payouts
- Data center
- Legal Work for maintaining a store in 91 countries.
- Software development of the store itself.
- Developer support
I'd say that's obviously going to be 100's of millions on costs. 850? who knows, but the net is that it's going to be minor on their balance sheet and not a business they'd bother with if not for the synergy with their hardware business.