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I'd say it is not so much the consumers that would be impacted by such a hissy fit that Apple has mooted.
- sdflhasjd 5y agoOf course, that's a claim from Apple in response claims of anticompetitive behaviour. I find it difficult to believe, as a mobile developer myself, that 330,000 jobs are being supported by the App Store in any meaningful way.
- ben_w 5y agoSounds about right to me. Fermi estimate: apps-not-abandoned * average-developers-per-app-this-year ~> 2 million apps * 2 developer-months ~> 333,000 developers
- sdflhasjd 5y agoUK jobs. I know "meaningful" isn't well-defined, but more than 1% of the entire UK workforce is not dependent on the App Store (that couldn't be replaced by any other app marketplace)
- ben_w 5y agoAh, I missed that. That does make a difference, and I could only justify it in the unlikely event of a decent percentage of those apps being for businesses specifically dependent on iOS apps in particular rather than mobile phones and websites in general.