What are third-party app developers worth to Apple? What is access to Apple’s platform worth to developers? While the past year has brought squabbles and lawsuits and regulations related to such things as dating apps in the Netherlands, the core issue is this: The iPhone and its App Store have generated an enormous amount of money, and as is so often the case, all the involved parties would like to have more of it.
What’s clear, at least right now, is that Apple has decided to fight any court- or regulator-mandated reduction in the amount of money it takes from the App Store ecosystem. (Apple itself has reduced its cut voluntarily a few times, including
