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We can add this comment as a data point of 1 and compare this to the tens of billions Apple makes from the AppStore, then we can try to figure out which side is
by oblio 2y ago
We can add this comment as a data point of 1 and compare this to the tens of billions Apple makes from the AppStore, then we can try to figure out which side is more relevant for lawmakers (who inherently have to lean towards statistics).
- Nursie 2y agoSure, I can’t deny they make money, I’d really like to know what the actual statistics are. Besides, we weren’t really talking about lawmakers - the claim was things would get cheaper for you. My point is that for some of us they could not.
- oblio 2y agoLet me Google that for you... > Of the $127 billion in total consumer spending globally in 2024, $91.6 billion came from the App Store, up 24% year-over-year. Google Play consumer spending declined by 1.5% year-over-year to reach $35.7 billion globally.
- Nursie 2y agoThat doesn’t answer the question really, does it? What proportion of users use paid apps? I can easily find those figures on App Store revenue you gave, and on the proportion of paid apps in the app stores (5% on iOS, less for Android), but not the details on distribution of payments vs number of users or whatever. Do we have a few users spending a lot and lot of users spending little to nothing? Or am I in a tiny minority as implied? Given there are approx 1.38 billion iOS users, that’s a mean of $60ish per user per year… a few larger users could easily be skewing that.