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Ok, you got me, the brick & mortar example doesn't translate perfectly. My main point still stands... there is a real cost to hosting an App Store, and the ent
by alistairSH 1y ago
Ok, you got me, the brick & mortar example doesn't translate perfectly.
My main point still stands... there is a real cost to hosting an App Store, and the entity doing that hosting should be compensated for doing so.
The "problem" is Apple (and now Google?) want to be the only App Store for their platforms. So, you can't pick between Safeway and Giant. But, that's not what the parent suggested - they only suggested the host of the App Store shouldn't be paid.
- luckylion 1y agoI don't think that necessarily follows from what they said. Apple might charge, much like grocery stores, for exposure (i.e. ads, which they also do), or they might charge the consumer a fee. They shouldn't be a permanent middle man between consumer and manufacturer is what I took away from that comment. The app stores are only money printers because they are (largely) exclusive on their platforms. Would users and developers choose Apple's app store and its hefty fees if there was fair competition? Possibly, but likely not at the same conditions Apple can dictate today.