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Apple today announced that the iOS app economy has created nearly 300,000 new jobs in the United States since April 2019, citing research shared by Dr. Michael Mandel, chief economic strategist at the non-profit Progressive Policy Institute.

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple said the App Store continues to provide economic opportunities, with apps supporting essential needs like remote learning, telehealth, and food ordering. According to Apple, the App Store ecosystem now supports more than 2.1 million U.S. jobs across all 50 states, an increase of 15 percent since last year.

Apple's press release provides some examples of companies of various sizes that have seen success on the App Store in the past year.

"We've had incredible growth in the last year, and we've massively expanded our team to meet demand," said Maxeme Tuchman, co-founder of kid-friendly video calling app Caribu. "It means so much to us to not only be able to help connect families and friends at this difficult time, but to be able to provide stable, well-paying jobs to our growing number of employees as well. The App Store has given us a platform on which we can do both."

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Apple also noted that it employs over 90,000 employees across all 50 states, and supports 450,000 manufacturing and supply chain jobs. The company is on track to fulfill its commitment to contribute $350 billion in the U.S. over a five-year period.

Article Link: Apple Says iOS App Economy Created Nearly 300K New U.S. Jobs Since April 2019
 
If consumers could both load apps via the App store, and had the option to side-load from trusted developers, the same - if not more - jobs would be created. Also more cash would go into developers' pockets further stimulating the economy. Currently that cash went to Apple who bought back stock, split shares. There is no reason why Mac OS consumers/devs get the choice, and iPhone/iPad consumers/devs (often the same) do not. (Just playing devil's advocate, but will get flamed anyway.)
 
Well done Apple.
And now let's wait and see how many people here have to badmouth this good news because they have a disturbed relationship to good things...

‚Fragment and destroy‘ was a battle cry of the Bolshevik USSR, and has been injected into the American zeitgeist from the ‚highest‘ level these days.

By the way: Are there surveys on the age, experience and educational level of MacRumors readers available?
 
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If consumers could both load apps via the App store, and had the option to side-load from trusted developers, the same - if not more - jobs would be created. Also more cash would go into developers' pockets further stimulating the economy. Currently that cash went to Apple who bought back stock, split shares. There is no reason why Mac OS consumers/devs get the choice, and iPhone/iPad consumers/devs (often the same) do not. (Just playing devil's advocate, but will get flamed anyway.)
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Pure desperate action of Apple trying to create positive headlines with reality distortion and lobby.
 
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According to Apple ... says it all, as if these 300k people were unemployed, flipping cents at the corner. lol
I want to see a decent non-apple statistics, not these mumbo jumbo numbers...

Never trust any statistics that you didn't forge yourself

These are non-Apple statistics. It says that new jobs were created per Progressive Policy Institute.
 
If consumers could both load apps via the App store, and had the option to side-load from trusted developers, the same - if not more - jobs would be created.
TL;DR: Side loading apps from The Pirate Bay.

However as history tells us, the side-load will be full of pirated apps, or modified ones to inject code, which will cause more frustration from the developers, now seeing their work copied left and right with zero revenue for them.

See the video gaming industry, their protection via DRM attempts and how miserably they fail in markets outside those with strict anti piracy laws.

Also:https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/29/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever
 
These statements are dumb. You can just as easily argue that apps have cost people jobs by increasing productivity or increasing efficiency :rolleyes:

You can't measure this sort of stuff in any meaningful way. People move in and out of the labor market as the economy changes. It's not like apps single handedly took permanently unemployed people and created jobs for them.
 
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... The Progressive Policy Institute “has a history of bending over backwards to do whatever large phone and cable companies ask it to do,” Tim Karr...


What is just going on in America. Everything is torn apart...
 
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Apple is not really helping its argument that it does not operate a monopolistic marketplace and should not be subject to US anti-trust regulations. If you want to have this much power consolidated into one marketplace, pony up and obey the law. Or stop priding yourself as such. If anything, they should advertise how little they've done (fake news is better than providing evidence against your favor). It's that simple, smh
 
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If consumers could both load apps via the App store, and had the option to side-load from trusted developers, the same - if not more - jobs would be created. Also more cash would go into developers' pockets further stimulating the economy. Currently that cash went to Apple who bought back stock, split shares. There is no reason why Mac OS consumers/devs get the choice, and iPhone/iPad consumers/devs (often the same) do not. (Just playing devil's advocate, but will get flamed anyway.)
Sure side-loading apps has seemingly been a boon to the play store and has lined android devs pockets with gold: I'm sure developers on Android could attest to that.
 
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lol I'm not even amerikanski, but would be very naive to believe there is no money backing behind that story.
Anything is backed this way, but you might wisely chose between constructive and destructive intentions. And Apples story tries to keep their store strong, and thats my personal interest, cause I enjoy the App store every time I look for an App. Why should one weaken their success?
 
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These statements are dumb. You can just as easily argue that apps have cost people jobs by increasing productivity or increasing efficiency :rolleyes:

You can't measure this sort of stuff in any meaningful way. People move in and out of the labor market as the economy changes. It's not like apps single handedly took permanently unemployed people and created jobs for them.

Don’t disagree.
Think Apple is feeling the pressure of other dumb claims (Epic) and looking to counter. But yeah... Stats...
Sorry, I forgot because I hardly play. Then let's meet in the middle ;)
Haha. Deal. ;)
 
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According to Apple ... says it all, as if these 300k people were unemployed, flipping cents at the corner. lol
I want to see a decent non-apple statistics, not these mumbo jumbo numbers...

Never trust any statistics that you didn't forge yourself
Seriously. I'm a software developer. I'll work on iOS as long as the person signing my paycheck says so. Then I'll move on to the next project.

Meanwhile, how much did the desktop software engineer market constrict due to appification? It'd be hilarious if it was over 300k.
 
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