Apple Touts $1.1 Trillion in App Store Commerce in 2022 (techcrunch.com) 18
Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference next week, the company is offering an update on its app ecosystem with the release of a new report detailing app earnings over the course of last year. From a report: In the analysis, released today, Apple says its App Store ecosystem generated $1.1 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2022, 90% of which was commission-free -- a metric it likes to tout to downplay the growing complaints about the high cost of doing business on a marketplace that generally takes a 15% to 30% commission on in-app purchases and paid downloads, with some exceptions. This $1.1 trillion breaks down as $910 billion in total billings and sales from the sale of physical goods and services, $109 billion from in-app advertising, and $104 billion for digital goods and services. The figures are a sizable increase from 2019 data, when Apple said the App Store had facilitated $519 billion in commerce, with then "just" $61 billion coming from digital goods and services.
How much of this is from "subscriptions"? (Score:2)
"Free for 2 days, then 99$/month".
I wonder how much of this comes from people forgetting to unsubscribe?
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General Retail under Physical Goods leads me to believe that.
Why would people use an ads filled app when you can get no ads and better performance with a browser, I dont get.
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No, I do not want to be interrupted randomly throughout my day by every store I ever bought something from.
Unless Apple doesn't have these like Android does.
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The worst part of having an app installed is push notifications.
No, I do not want to be interrupted randomly throughout my day by every store I ever bought something from.
Unless Apple doesn't have these like Android does.
It does, but it always asks if you want push notifications per app. Always answer no. I'm more concerned with the number of apps that have nothing to do with sending messages that want full access to my contacts, my browser history, my email, etc., etc., etc. What are these data aggregators gonna do with all this useless nonsense? Oh no! You'll find out about my cousin's second girlfriend I forgot to remove from my phone when they broke up. I sure as shit don't want to have that data uploaded somewhere fore
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It is a pity that the Apple report does not break down the revenues by geography because that would enable us to see how much the US weirdness is weighted in the results.
For instance, the US retail space tends to be dominated by a few massive brands like Walmart, Amazon, Uber, McDonalds, etc. In the rest of the world, there would be a dozen or more big brands that people regularly interact with on a regular basis. Shopping via an app means that users do not have to have their payment card details scattered
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It's not mandatory. Android is available. It's only mandatory if you choose Apple. If you choose Apple, you get the benefits and restrictions that come with that choice.
In the end, one has to weigh the cost benefit analysis against one's goals.
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It's also a limited audience. It is difficult to grow the number of App Store users without also shipping more Apple hardware.
Good (Score:2)
So free iPhones for everyone?
I've paid $0 for Android apps (Score:2)
In over 10 years of using Android phones and tablets, I have paid exactly zero $ for apps, etc. in the "Play" store.
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I do miss access to the multitude of fart apps on iOS.
Nice way (Score:1)
Re: Nice way (Score:2)
This is why they force Safari on everyone (Score:2)
Can't make a competing app store, can't make a competing browser app without making in a pain in the ass...
Though I think some sideloading law in EU or UK takes places next year, perhaps that'll allow a real browser eventually.
Oh yeah, top tier (Score:2)