the.com/app store
the mall where software pays 30% rent to the landlord who built the mall, the roads, and the customers.
means a curated marketplace where a platform owner distributes apps for a device, taking a cut and enforcing the rules.
from apple opened the iphone app store in july 2008 with 500 apps, turning phones from sealed appliances into platforms overnight.
the cutapple and google historically took 30 percent
first day2008 store launched with about 500 apps
antitrust fightepic v apple made the 30 percent cut famous
now millionsstores host millions of apps, few break even