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How does it compare to a regular bricks & mortar retail store? Shelf fees, etc? Edit: downvoted for asking a question? Thanks HN.
by rootusrootus 4y ago
How does it compare to a regular bricks & mortar retail store? Shelf fees, etc?
Edit: downvoted for asking a question? Thanks HN.
- vorpalhex 4y agoHow much warehouse space does it take to sell 3,000,000 copies of fortnite? How much shrink did they have?
- Nasrudith 4y agoThe shrinkage is called chargeback and processing fees.
- vorpalhex 4y agoGreat so that's 3.5% Where is the other 26.5% coming from?
- NovemberWhiskey 4y agoHow many people do you think Apple employees whose job is solely or primarily-centered around iOS developer relations, tools, support, store infrastructure etc. etc?
- oblio 4y agoRandom guess? Maybe N employees, paid $5-10bn per year. Maybe $5-10bn in all the other expenses. In 2020 Apple made $60bn from the AppStore. Apple makes outrageous amounts of money from first mover advantage and a humongous moat but I guess we're ok with that.
- sealeck 4y agoThis isn't the point – the point is that because Apple has a monopolistic position they are not forced to compete and provide better service.
- oaiey 4y agoHow does that compare to CDN, stripe Integration, a fancy certificate and a shop web page. That is the question. It is software distribution.
- ksec 4y agoExactly. I wish people stop using Retail as a counter argument, especially when 99.999999999% of them have no idea how Retail works.