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Again, they do provide the channel before the app is installed. If you know the economics of acquisition vs. retention you should understand that the former is
by davidivadavid 6y ago
Again, they do provide the channel before the app is installed. If you know the economics of acquisition vs. retention you should understand that the former is usually more expensive/valuable than the latter.
I'm perfectly willing to entertain arguments about the right amount Apple should charge for that, but it seems to be an all or nothing discussion, which doesn't seem really sensible to me.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIts the coercive element that is objectionable. They go to extreme lengths to keep their market closed, which is obviously not for your benefit but so they can do this thing. Not because a free market leads folks to adopt the Apple marketplace, because there is no choice. The lengths folks go to apologize for Apples essential extortion is amazing.
- davidivadavid 6y agoWhere's the extortion is the case that needs to be built here. "I can't sell my app at no cost to the most wealthy segment of mobile users" is not a credible complaint.