Benedict Evans, a former venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz and now an independent generation analyst, believes whatever the final results of the lawsuit, Apple “will no longer force anyone promoting content in an iOS app to use its payment system. give him a 30% commission. ” What is less transparent is how this 30% will be distributed.
For Apple, the real threat, according to Evans, is that the court (or the European Commission in its investigation into a Spotify complaint) “will allow financial technology companies to update the payment formula in the Apple app, or even update Apple Pay, to allow other corporations to offer seamless payments on Apple’s phone. “
Evans thinks it’s unlikely, but it’s the worst case scenario for Apple. Apple made more profit last year from App Store commissions ($15 billion) than the entire music industry through streaming and downloading music.
Source: Benedict Evans /ben-evans. com
For Apple, there’s a lot at stake and a four-week trial is. Epic Games has at least as much at stake. So tie up, because there are more twists and turns to come.
According to a MacRumors report, Apple will present its third-generation AirPod next week, as well as the company’s hi-fi point for Apple Music, also known as HiFi. Citing Apple’s YouTuber Luke Miani, MacRumors reports that Apple will release the new AirPods and Apple Newsroom Update and online page update. Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo has already said Apple will start generating the new AirPods in the third quarter of this year.
Apple is about to open a new store in Via del Corso in Rome’s central grocery shopping district. The new store will be the company’s in Italy, and the opening was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Italian newscast La Stampa reported that the storefronts Via del Corso showed a new carrara marble interpretation of apple’s logo on Friday morning.