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I'm on Apple's side for this one but weren't game publishers also funding the development, marketing, and distribution?
by aurareturn 3y ago
I'm on Apple's side for this one but weren't game publishers also funding the development, marketing, and distribution?
- gjsman-1000 3y agoTypically, no, actually. Take dumb phones before iOS came along, like on Symbian or Windows Mobile. Every carrier had their own App Store, their own awful SDK, their own rules and approval processes, and 50% was the minimum share. It wasn’t just the apps either. It was the OS itself requiring carrier approval - something Apple managed to dodge through sheer clout, but that hereditary disease still plagues Android to this day.
- spookie 3y agoWhile one could argue that a some money had to be spent in the old days to get those boxes in the shelf and off them, these days what does Apple do? Besides being one of the two players in the market? Clearly someone is being abused. I'm aware they do bring customers, I guess. Not to _you_, specifically, to someone... Maybe you.
- aurareturn 3y agoProbably designing ever more power SoCs, OS, accumulating wealthy users for app developers, etc.