He also called the App Store an 'economic miracle', saying that almost 2 million people are estimated to have had jobs created through the App Store. 'The idea that they actually justify it by saying, 'We spend all this money protecting our little App Store,' Diller said. 'The idea that they actually justify it by saying, 'We spend all this money protecting our little App Store.' It also argues that App Store commissions mirror fees charged by major video game consoles - Sony's PlayStation, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's Switch - as well as a similar app store run by Google for more than 3 billion mobile Android devices. Shortly after the store opened, Jobs publicly said Apple didn't expect the App Store to be very lucrative.

Source: The Nation May 21, 2021 18:00 UTC