Fortnite maker Epic Games, for instance, is appealing a lower court’s ruling over the App Store business model’s anti-competitive nature. Apple critics, of course, believe the company’s position is more about its desire to maintain its tight grip on the mobile app ecosystem and its accompanying App Store revenues. The company last year published a 31-page document explaining why it believes sideloading apps could lead to an increase in malware and scams, which would outweigh the consumer benefits of alternative app stores where fees may be reduced as developers could avoid paying Apple’s commissions. The exec also reiterated Apple’s position against sideloading - the practice of loading apps onto mobile devices from outside the App Store.Īlthough Google has long allowed its users to install Android apps outside the Play Store, Apple has staunchly resisted the idea, saying it puts users’ privacy and security at risk from bad actors. Image Credits: AppleĪpple CEO Tim Cook took the stage this week at IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit to once again call out companies whose business model is built on mining users’ data - a not-so-subtle reference to Facebook, whose ability to serve personalized ads was impacted by Apple’s App Store privacy changes to the tune of $10 billion. Maybe.Īpple CEO Tim Cook speaks at IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) Global Summit 2022 in Washington, DC. This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place, with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, mergers and acquisitions, and suggestions about new apps to try, too.ĭo you want This Week in Apps in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here: /newsletters Top Stories Elon Musk tries to take over Twitter. This was up 20% from 2020, when 193 apps and games topped $100 million in annual consumer spend, and just eight apps topped $1 billion. In 2021, 233 apps and games generated over $100 million in consumer spend, and 13 topped $1 billion in revenue. In markets like Brazil, Indonesia and South Korea, users surpassed five hours per day in mobile apps in 2021.Īpps aren’t just a way to pass idle hours, either. And they’re not even the world’s heaviest mobile users. The average American watches 3.1 hours of TV per day, for example, but in 2021, they spent 4.1 hours on their mobile device. ![]() Today’s consumers now spend more time in apps than ever before - even topping the time they spend watching TV, in some cases. Downloads of apps also grew by 5%, reaching 230 billion in 2021, and mobile ad spend grew 23% year over year to reach $295 billion. Global spending across iOS, Google Play and third-party Android app stores in China grew 19% in 2021 to reach $170 billion. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports. Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
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