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Allowing sideloaded iPhone apps might have positive long-term effects for Apple, even if App Store revenue falls over the short term.

Developers will see up to a 43% increase in revenue (minus the fees for a new payment processor), which is an enormous incentive to create new iPhone apps and thus indirectly increasing the value proposition of the iPhone.

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If apple lose their 30% stranglehold, it will be terrible for their bottom line. I think more app stores hurt apple quite badly and consumers just don't care.

It's very good for developers who now have to pay the Apple Tax, with no way to avoid it. Gaming on mobile is the majority of this tax and game studios will immediately jump ship making their own payment processor choices to save 20% in a heartbeat.

It's undoubtedly good for iOS to have more developers looking at it.

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