Analysis: Apple vs. Epic - the key monopoly takeaways by Simon Carless on 04/12/21 03:00:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
Good morning/afternoon, fellow campers, and welcome to another fine week in ‘transmitting bytes across the Internet for video game leisure fun times’. And this entire newsletter is devoted to a lawsuit smackdown that we just can’t turn our heads away from, hurrah.
Apple is surprised that developers take issue with its app review process zdnet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zdnet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indian industry snubbed Google Play’s decision to cut by half its commission for developers when they make $1 million in annual revenue for in-app purchases, saying the US tech giant may continue its abrasive & monopolistic abuse as it owns the Android system. Google Play said Tuesday that beginning July 1 it would slash its 30 per cent billing fee to 15 per cent for developers globally when they make the first $1 million of their annual revenue. When we are forced to use a payment system that charges 15 % to 30% per payment, it can’t be acceptable by anyone! The digital India dream must not be ransom to such monopolies, said Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Twitter.
Apple only losing 3% of App Store revenue after cutting developer fees imore.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from imore.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.