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I think it’s reasonable to expect a lot of people to follow Netflix outside of the App Store. Therefore Apple would have to make an offer that is competitive en
by emsy 5y ago
I think it’s reasonable to expect a lot of people to follow Netflix outside of the App Store. Therefore Apple would have to make an offer that is competitive enough for them to stay. I would argue that’s fair competition. Unlike their current highway robbery approach (in German we have the word wegelagerei, which was medieval toll extortion on unavoidable roadways, a better fitting term in my opinion)
- netcan 5y agoI don't understand where you're going. Obviously Netflix would have more negotiating power if there were more alternatives. Netflix has enough leverage with Apple now that they pay half what regular developers pay. The dynamics play strongly in Apple's favour. 15% (or 30% for shmoes) may be a large slice. But even if the alternative app store is free for developers, In any case, I'm not arguing that a competitive market would not be better. I'm arguing that it takes more than a minor rule to get there. The dynamics play strongly in the platform's favour. 15% (or 30% for shmoes) may be a large slice. But, unless you take the vast majority of users with you, that will add up to less revenue. There just isn't a whole lot of middle ground, compatibility between a world with competitive dynamic and play store's business model. To the extent that a law would be successful in creating competition, the play store business model fails. It's premised on monopolism, more or less. I mean, payment processing and such obviously exist outside of a captive market... but in a competitive market, rates probably resolve to <50% of the current rate.