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> includes only very basic hosting of an application package Only basic hosting if you ignore all of the other services. You might consider the App Store's rev
by giantrobot 5y ago
> includes only very basic hosting of an application package
Only basic hosting if you ignore all of the other services. You might consider the App Store's revenue share high but don't pretend the App Store is just a dumb file host.
- sofixa 5y agoWhat else do they do besides provide a payments gateway ( that they force you to use)? As seen with Android, you don't need to use the official app store to use the official SDKs and platform APIs.
- shuckles 5y agoDeveloping 3rd party frameworks is a meaningful expense. AOSP means Google made a business decision to incur that expense and sign away rights to it, but Apple hasn't.