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Apple makes more money on store sales than device sales... I'm certain that investors and the board would not appreciate losing that.

zepto 6y ago
“Apple makes more money on store sales than device sales“ This statement is complete bullshit. But in any case, that’s exactly why they want the browser to be successful too. Otherwise there might be an antitrust case which would cause them to lose the store.
- tracker1 6y ago
  Looks like you're right... $61b in store sales vs $413b in device sales, but not sure where the raw profits stack up... that said, I still think investors would be upset to drop $61b in what is likely high margins.
  - zepto 6y ago
    What has ‘dropping’ the store revenue got to do with any of this?
    - Brian_K_White 6y ago
      Everything. That's all this thread is about is exactly that. My comment reacts to a comment claiming Apple doesn't care about collecting a fee from web apps. Web apps theoretically allow both developers and users to skip the app store, and thus it's fees.
      - zepto 6y ago
        Sure, but it’s a completely unsubstantiated leap to suggest that this means the store revenue will be ‘dropped’. Both users and many developers benefit from the store for reasons already outlined in ways that the web can’t replicate. It’s not going to be ‘dropped’ just because streaming games don’t fit the model.
        Brian_K_White 6y ago
        Projections or thought experiments are not "leaps". Perhaps you missed the top of this thread and lost track of what this conversation is even about? If web apps can take the place of apps (and in broad strokes, yes they can) then the thought experiment is to ask "What if all apps became web apps?" And that was just part of evaluating the plausibility of the position that Apple doesn't care about collecting fees from web apps.

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Apple makes more money on store sales than device sales... I'm certain that investors and the board would not appreciate losing that.

by tracker1 6y ago

zepto 6y ago
“Apple makes more money on store sales than device sales“ This statement is complete bullshit. But in any case, that’s exactly why they want the browser to be successful too. Otherwise there might be an antitrust case which would cause them to lose the store.
- tracker1 6y ago
  Looks like you're right... $61b in store sales vs $413b in device sales, but not sure where the raw profits stack up... that said, I still think investors would be upset to drop $61b in what is likely high margins.
  - zepto 6y ago
    What has ‘dropping’ the store revenue got to do with any of this?
    - Brian_K_White 6y ago
      Everything. That's all this thread is about is exactly that. My comment reacts to a comment claiming Apple doesn't care about collecting a fee from web apps. Web apps theoretically allow both developers and users to skip the app store, and thus it's fees.
      - zepto 6y ago
        Sure, but it’s a completely unsubstantiated leap to suggest that this means the store revenue will be ‘dropped’. Both users and many developers benefit from the store for reasons already outlined in ways that the web can’t replicate. It’s not going to be ‘dropped’ just because streaming games don’t fit the model.
        Brian_K_White 6y ago
        Projections or thought experiments are not "leaps". Perhaps you missed the top of this thread and lost track of what this conversation is even about? If web apps can take the place of apps (and in broad strokes, yes they can) then the thought experiment is to ask "What if all apps became web apps?" And that was just part of evaluating the plausibility of the position that Apple doesn't care about collecting fees from web apps.