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Happening now: The App Association's @GDufault will testify at the Louisiana House Commerce Committee on HB518. This another state bill by big developers like Epic Games to get a special deal from platforms while leaving small biz holding the bag. #AppStoreFacts
Looking for the latest #AppStoreFacts? Check out Apple's new blog on how app review and financial transaction monitoring helps consumers stay safe. https://t.co/5WXOZXa2eB
3 more key points coming out of Epic v Apple:
1. Epic was charging developers 60% until Steam and Apple rolled in with a lower price point
2. Epic is still paying other platforms 30% without complaint, including platforms where they make most of their money
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Interesting point by Apple Counsel in the Epic v Apple case” Epic wants us to be Android, but we don’t want to be - and neither do consumers”. It’s a strong rebuttal to Epic’s opening which kept going back to “Android does X, so Apple can do X too”. #Appstore #Appstorefacts
Our @actmembers develop the apps that enable us to work and play from anywhere. From apps for telehealth visits with mental health providers to creating apps for restaurants operating virtually due to COVID-19, these developers drive the app economy. 5/ #AppStoreFacts
Small biz app developers need more than a third-party payment option to grow and compete with the global brands currently seeking to remake the app ecosystem to fit their terms. 4/ #AppStoreFacts
Epic’s financial success means it can divorce itself from the realities that the rest of the app economy faces. 3/ #AppStoreFacts
The vast majority of app developers do not pay 30 percent instead paying zero to 15 percent. Epic simply doesn’t want to pay 30 percent and keep more for itself. 2/ #AppStoreFacts
Today marks the start of Epic v. Apple. You will hear quite a bit of how the app store model “hurts” developers from Epic’s side. But this simply isn’t the experience of thousands of small biz app developers across the globe. 1/#AppStoreFacts
@drj_policy "The House report looks at this market as if it just started today from nowhere and is frozen in time." His research shows a much different view especially for small businesses- they seem them as fairly competitive for their products. #AppStoreFacts
@AlecStapp Great point from Alec that consumers see competition very different and switching costs between devices or operating systems is not quite the insurmountable barrier policy proposals present it as. Apps are widely available across platforms. #AppStoreFacts
@drj_policy "Legislation and laws take a long time to adapt to a market and don't reflect the dynamics well. We still have laws about phone cords on the books because we take this static view." #AppStoreFacts
@AlecStapp says we need to move from a static view of the ecosystem to a dynamic one that accounts for different facets of this ecosystem and how pulling one thread can unravel another portion of the ecosystem. #AppStoreFacts
Both Sarah and Graham point out that there are reasons for platforms and regulators to work together to improve platforms for consumer protection and competition rather than just approaching it as an adversarial relationship. #AppStoreFacts
There is a role for platforms to play in protecting consumers. @GDufault points back to the 2011 Smurfberries case where the @FTC asked platforms to enforce their controls to protect consumers from unintended purchases. #AppStoreFacts
"Business owners don't want to reinvent the wheel. They like the services offered by platforms so they can focus on their business. And they are willing to pay for it."- Sarah of @DevsAlliance #AppStoreFacts
@GDufault Graham raises a great question from the consumer perspective, "What makes you trust that an app you download is secure and safe?" The platforms play a key role in this for consumers and for @actmembers to grow their customer base. #AppStoreFacts
@gdufault: "It's easy for folks to get wrapped up in 30 percent fee and that's it is just payment processing. It's not- it goes into so much more like immediate distribution, APIs, IP protection, and ability to leverage the trust consumers have in platforms>" #AppStoreFacts
@drj_policy Talking about network effects, Dr. Jamison points out that many of these effects are exactly what makes competition happen. "What I want to stress is that these effects produce growth...they aren't always a bad thing." #AppStoreFacts
@drj_policy offers an important point- the app ecosystem is international in every sense from developers to content creators to customers. "We miss this quite often in bigger policy debates because we think so narrowly to certain platforms". #AppStoreFacts
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