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Yes, that's exactly the reason Apple is not allowing other malls. /s If it's so harmless for Apple, why not just allow other malls?
> If they allowed other app stores, I wouldn't make the move. I get a ton of value out of Apple's ecosystem, including - maybe especially - the ability to see what subscriptions I have and cancel them with a single click without even interacting with the app vendor.
What makes you think other app stores can't do it? What if apps are cheaper on other app stores because other app stores don't charge 30% tax?
Source? https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/#AppleT... says there 31M active Apple TVs in the US. https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/02/apple-tv-market-share-report/ says Apple TV has 2% share of 1.14B global TV platforms. These don't look like 13M/year of sales.
Besides it seems like comparing apples to oranges. Apple TV works with existing TVs which are already billions in numbers. VR devices are completely new devices. Meta has sold 20M headsets SO FAR, not in its lifetime.
Apple -
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/18/23268953/apple-slow-hirin...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-16/apple-lay...
Microsoft
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/microsoft...
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-scoop-22
Amazon
https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/sourcecode/amazon-slows...
Disc: Googler but nowhere close to the Maps team.
Disc: Googler.