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Sketchy guesswork says Apple will take $4 billion hit to App Store revenue after Epic battle


A lot of questionable assumptions are being used to craft what is probably a wrong guess that more than $4 billion a year in revenue will shift from Apple to game developers as a result of the antisteering rulings and laws around the world.

A lot of questionable assumptions are being used to craft what is probably a wrong guess that more than $4 billion a year in revenue will shift from Apple to game developers as a result of the antisteering rulings and laws around the world. The Substack post cited is mostly fantasy derived from some real-world numbers, stacked on top of guesswork about how many developers will shift to its own payment services and customer support. The scaffolding on the guesswork is so flimsy, it shouldn't have been used by a publication known to pay its writers for content that moves the stock market as a foundation to suggest companies like Tencent are in for a $1 billion increase in earnings.

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