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Should apple appeal this? Is it really worth further damage? It turns out the little guys were right all along. It's surprising that it took legal action for a
by cblconfederate 5y ago
Should apple appeal this? Is it really worth further damage?
It turns out the little guys were right all along. It's surprising that it took legal action for apple to realize that, when you invite millions of third parties in your marketplace, you should treat them with some respect. And when this leads to prices of purchases going down, how are people going to keep justifying apple's position.
I think the biggest win is that micropayment services will grow which is good for all developers (not just in iOS)
- Osiris 5y agoThe ruling could cost them billions of dollars in revenue. It's absolutely worth appealing. Even if they lose in the long run, they'll make a few billion more in the mean time.
- cblconfederate 5y agohow many billions? It seems their max app gaming revenue lost would be 64 * 70% * 30% = 13.4B for 2021 , but it's probably a lot smaller due to special deals, and also this would assume they would lose ALL the revenue. In reality they'd lose about,maybe ~$3B ? The alternative would alienate some of their best developers -- who knows, maybe they'd leave?
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y agowhere will they leave? 50% of market is Apple's and majority of people play games on their mobile phones and not on dedicated setups.
- cblconfederate 5y agohow much did fortnite lose?
- bhelkey 5y ago>> In short, iOS apps must be allowed to direct users to payment options beyond those offered by Apple. > It seems their max app gaming revenue lost would be 64 * 70% * 30% = 13.4B for 2021 It is my understanding that the injunction is not limited to games. It applies to all apps.