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Sony and Nintendo are Japanese companies. From the article: > Japanese companies would be able to run dedicated game stores on iOS devices, as well as use paym
by gyomu 3y ago
Sony and Nintendo are Japanese companies. From the article:
> Japanese companies would be able to run dedicated game stores on iOS devices, as well as use payment systems with lower fees from Japanese fintech companies.
It’s not hard to read between the lines. This is all about letting domestic gaming companies like Nintendo and Sony make more money from those mobile platforms.
The techie demographic likes to get lost into arguments about the technology and philosophy of computing platforms, but as far as the EU and Japan are concerned it’s just realpolitik to give their domestic companies a leg up.
- Nevermark 3y agoYou left out any companies selling a service on their iOS app which wouldn't normally require a middleman like Apple supplying (and taxing) payment services. Or selling an app who would like to pay less than 30%. So, basically everyone who's customers are willing, or can be guided, to use another app store. Even developers who needed to also be on Apple's store for visibility or cred, would love to be in other popular stores with better terms. Likely Apple would suddenly lower their 30% and other restrictions as fast as they needed to, to keep most potential deserters in the fold. But that doesn't change the point.