4 ms·
There are some players with fairly deep pockets on the other side as well. Nobody on the scale of Apple or Google, perhaps, but not mom-n-pop shops either. Plus
by qzw 5y ago
There are some players with fairly deep pockets on the other side as well. Nobody on the scale of Apple or Google, perhaps, but not mom-n-pop shops either. Plus if I were Microsoft or Amazon, I would be salivating at the chance to run an alternate store on iOS and Android, so there could be some dark money flowing through K Street lobbyists for all we know.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoOf course Amazon kinda already does that on Android with Fire OS. It surprised me they never teamed up with phone manufacturers. Not that Fire OS or its store is very good but they have the infrastructure.
- qzw 5y agoImagine if they could operate an Amazon (or MS) app store on an equal footing with Apple and Google themselves. And then they can pitch to app makers a 5-10% commission instead of 30%. I bet they'd get a lot of takers and maybe some popular apps would even be "Exclusively from the Amazon (or MS) Store." That would cause Apple and Google some serious discomfort.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoThat's exactly what epic is doing on the game side. But will they keep those conditions once they get big? I really doubt it.