Developers who opt for tier one will get access to a limited set of mandatory App Store services, including:
* App distribution and delivery
* Trust and safety features
* App management
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Developers who opt for tier two will get access to all services provided by the App Store today.
1. The ecosystem is just much better, ie. the quality of apps is in another league compared to apps on Android or Windows.
2. Many amazing apps that are at the core of my company's workflow simply don't exist on other platforms at all. With no comparable equivalents.
3. We get many apps earlier. Even up to a year earlier. Example: Clubhouse. Running a company, my marketing team can't afford to be late to a new social media platform, risking that it becomes the new status quo. I can name a dozen apps that were 6 to 12 months late to Android vs. IOS :(
If these change I would happily move to Linux, or Windows (once they make the OS usable).
We use Linux servers for running Python/Node Scripts, and APIs.
We use 1 Windows machine to use a very specific data science app that only exists for Windows.
Before anyone says I'm a fanboy. I'm here to generate revenue for my company. I don't give 2 sh*ts about AAPL.
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But this is just me.
Why it won't matter to the public: The kids don't care. The want an iPhone.