In related news from Japanese site
Nikkei, Japan's Fair Trade Commission is launching an investigation into whether Apple and Google are leveraging their dominance in the smartphone OS market to eliminate competition and limit options for consumers.
The Japanese FTC will conduct interviews and surveys with OS operators, app developers, and smartphone users, and will aim to create a report outlining OS market structure and the reasons why competition "has remained static."
I'll put my money on this one having the first & maybe BIGGEST impact !
The pendulum had swung far too far in Apple's favor, for far too long.
Now, Apple is about to get their butts kicked, ALL over the map !
If Tim Cook was a smart man, & that's a BIG if, he would head ALL this off at the pass.
Specifically, Apple should announce today (OR soon) that they will be reducing their cut to 7.5% Across the Board, for ALL transactions, starting Nov 1st.
If they were to do that, they would maintain Control.
And for those of you don't know, Tim Cook is a Control Freak.
He may have gotten that trait / attribute from Steve Jobs.
Regardless, I see Cook wanting to maintain Control as a Top Priority.
More so than giving-in to a reduced Apple cut.
As such, I fully expect Apple to make the 7.5% Announcement, sooner, rather than later.
The writing is on the wall.
Either they give-in now, OR lose it ALL !
Apple simply has few fans in the App Development community
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ONLY those companies & App Developers for who Apple "Played Favorites" are fans of the status quo.
App Developers know precisely who they are in their Primary Category !
Most others do NOT.
As a side note, to me, Tim Cook appears to be aging really fast right now.
What I'm suggesting Apple do, will certainly slow his aging.
Cook & Apple should compromise now, & get it over with !
