There are two main problems with the iOS App Store:
1.) Apple has a complete Stranglehold on App Discovery, and even more so now that it's basically a Curated App Store.
2.) Their "App Rankings" algorithm is catastrophically broken !
The problems could be EASILY fixed in just a few days by a competent team of Engineers / Developers, but for whatever reason, Apple likes to keep it the way it is.
Games and Streaming Media Content apps do well in the iOS App Store ... everything else doesn't !
Apple has never provided a breakdown, by category, of Revenue, and it's because Apple doesn't want that Info getting out ... the Retard so-called Pro Stock Analysts have never figured things out, AND Apple probably loves it that way !
There are various apps that you can buy on the App Store or directly from the developer.
The Ranking system is almost worthless though. There are probably paid trolls to bump up ratings. Its also strange that non-obscure apps have 3 ratings.
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This from the country that fined a baker 3,000 euros because he opened 7 days a week during peak visitor season. His was the only place in the village where you could buy freshly baked bread, so he opened every day to both provide a much needed service and make the most of peak season. He is now fighting the fine.
I really don't understand the overly protective nature of French employment law. Whilst it's a great country that really values regional specialities, sometimes it feels a little bit too keen to shoot itself in the foot!!
Nobody forces anyone to put apps on the App Store. They know the deal they are getting in to.
Yeah its crazy that a country prohibits business on Sunday. Only a crazy country would do that! Hey, by the way, have you been to Bergen County, New Jersey (Fort Lee, Englewood, Edgewater, etc) across the river from NYC? They have "blue laws" which don't allow any retail sales on Sunday either. You can go into Costco on a Sunday near Teeterborough airport across the river from midtown Manhattan but only buy food - they prohibit you from buying underwear, socks, blankets, heaters, toothbrushes, chairs, rice cookers, etc ... because thats the law.
The US Supreme Court has upheld these"blue laws repeatedly :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law
So, yeah, the French are crazy ... just like us. By the way, they have a different way of life, which actually attracts millions of Americans, Brits, Australians, Germans, etc.