What do you think about the event?

[green1]

There is a news that the Apple may cancel the wechat app, do it mean that the Appale want to quit from the China market?

 

 

Edited June 7, 2017 by green1

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@green1,

Where are you from?

[anatess2]

12 hours ago, green1 said:

There is a news that the Apple may cancel the wechat app, do it mean that the Appale want to quit from the China market?

 

 

Of course not.

It's a business powerplay move.

Apple mobile devices are running far behind Chinese mobile devices in China sales.  But App Store purchases in China are experiencing robust sales.  So, to offset the sluggish revenue of Apple devices, the App Store guys decided to enforce their 30% cut to Apple for in-app purchases on Chinese apps that solicit for developer tips.  Before, these tips were sliding by without paying the 30% cut to Apple because developers bill them as "voluntary donations".  Apple decided nope, that's revenue, we want 30% or we take down your app.  Chinese developers are trying to play hardball stating, fine.  Drop our app from the App Store and we'll concentrate on getting our apps marketed in other systems, then your Apple mobile sales are going to suffer even more.  Apple, doing its usual powerplay says - fine.  Apple is strong in the western markets that are a big seller for your apps, let's see who caves first...

This is normal Apple powerplay.  They do this all the time.  They usually win these battles.  I predict they'll win this one too.

[green1]

12 hours ago, Carborendum said:

@green1,

Where are you from?

China, of course.

[green1]

12 hours ago, anatess2 said:

Of course not.

This is normal Apple powerplay.  They do this all the time.  They usually win these battles.  I predict they'll win this one too.

Really, the wechat has lots of user, you cant image that the market is so large that cant control on their own thoughts.

[anatess2]

11 hours ago, green1 said:

Really, the wechat has lots of user, you cant image that the market is so large that cant control on their own thoughts.

Yes.  But, what do you think people will do - especially the ones outside of China if wechat gets taken out of the App Store.  You think they'll all get rid of their Apple devices because of one app?  So, in this powerplay, wechat developers have a whole lot more to lose than Apple.

Remember Apple vs Adobe?  At that time, Adobe Flash was used by a whole lot of content creators on the Internet.  Adobe refused to play with Apple, so Apple decided, oh well.  Adobe Flash webpages are just not gonna work on iOS.  And people still bought iPhones and Adobe missed out on a lot of money..

Edited June 8, 2017 by anatess2