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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Modern App Stores are in 3 businesses (in descending order of revenue):
- skimming 30% from problem gambling behaviour via In-App Purchases in "casual" games (think Farmville+++)
- "oops, I forgot I was paying for that" subscription revenue
- selling adds for the first two
The last bucket fills app store managers with *intense* glee.