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Think about how much money Apple made by letting this app developer fool people into thinking it was the official app.
by ARandomerDude 5y ago
Think about how much money Apple made by letting this app developer fool people into thinking it was the official app.
- KerrAvon 5y agoThinking about zero dollars. The App Store states the developer name prominently. The graphics look nothing like an official Apple app. It nowhere claims any official anything.
- gnicholas 5y agoI think GP was referring to Apple’s 30% cut (just 15% if this dev is clearing less than $1M annually). Edit: subbed < for >
- RC_ITR 5y agoIt's a fine line to walk and one that I don't think they can sustain for much longer. On one hand, they deny it and the app developer posts a medium sob story about Apple crowding out independent devs. that gets traction on Hacker News. On the other hand, they let it through and this article gets posted. I wonder how heavy the head that wears the crown gets before it's chopped off.
- josephcsible 5y agoThey don't need to walk a fine line. They decided to make a walled garden, but they do a terrible job of moderating it such that there are way too many of both false positives and false negatives.
- duxup 5y agoI doubt it is much compared to Apple's balance sheet. Doesn't seem like a real motivation.
- testbjjl 5y agoDoesn’t App Store utilization by both end users/consumers and perhaps more importantly developers, who make apps for end users, reflect indirectly in the share price? If this were the case, the revenue to app developers in this instance could motivate Apple to not discourage this type of confusion.
- tshaddox 5y agoIf it were a real motivation they could execute it much more effectively by not including their first-party app at all.
- crossroadsguy 5y agoDo you think Apple had that 1 trillion dollars entry in their balance sheet spontaneously appear in one majestic swoop of same sale?
- duxup 5y agoDo you?