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The reason Apple and Google would never offer up a volume discount for large publishers without legal action is because it's 99% of the app store's revenue. Giv
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
The reason Apple and Google would never offer up a volume discount for large publishers without legal action is because it's 99% of the app store's revenue. Giving a discount to small developers cost them nothing, giving a discount to Epic Games and similar would cost them billions.
- cletus 5y agoI think it's certainly heavily weighted to the big publishers but 99%? I'm not so sure. But you know what's expensive? Private lawsuits, government lawsuits, a court or legislature deciding the outcome, compliance with legislation, compliance with consent decrees, compliance with judgements, etc. The biggest issue is that third parties will end up deciding the outcome. You're almost always better off heading off government action by instituting the least bad solution for you. What if the outcome of governent action is completely independent third party app stores? Apple and Google certainly don't want that. I would argue that neither do end users actually. A vocal minority thinks they do but they're wrong. That could happen if the wheels of the US or EU regulators start turning against you.
- kryptiskt 5y agoGoogle's Project Hug that was revealed in the Epic trial shows that they give discounts under the table. They just don't want it to be known publicly.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoProject Hug is basically a bribe, rather than a discount: It's not offered to everyone. Just developers who are likely to strike out on their own. (EA and Activision both being companies who have bucked the Steam train before, demonstrating a willingness to launch outside of monopoly app platforms.)