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It's a false dichotomy; the correct comparison is: If a developer doesn't like Apple's terms, there are other phone platforms.
by yladiz 6y ago
It's a false dichotomy; the correct comparison is:
If a developer doesn't like Apple's terms, there are other phone platforms.
- lazzlazzlazz 6y agoNo, there is one other phone platform.
- gcheong 6y agoIf you’re not published on Apple’s App Store then you can’t reach a huge segment of the market that would like to use your product. I don’t think Apple, Google, etc. , should be the gatekeepers between a developer and their customers.
- dpkonofa 6y agoThey're not. That's the whole point. These are Apple's customers since they're finding the app in the App Store. Epic has other customers that play Fortnite that are not Apple customers.
- chongli 6y agoNo, that’s not a correct comparison. Consumers don’t buy a device from Epic in order to run Unreal engine games. Consumers don’t care at all what engine a game runs on, they only care about the game itself (and what platform it’s available on). If you forgo the iOS platform, you lose out on the vast majority of mobile app revenue. Android may have greater market share than Apple but iOS dominates the market among people who actually buy apps (mostly affluent people in western countries).