This is true, but they’re also now selling digital-only consoles. For some customers, the digital store is their only choice.
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aksdb@lemmy.world 3 months agoIt’s not the same model though, is it? I can buy XBox, PS an Nintendo games in a shit ton of physical or digital stores. So there are different channels. There is no equivalent on iOS. If you don’t want to publish in the app store, no one will be able to install your app (developers with own certs and enterprise customers with mdm excluded).
Sneptaur@pawb.social 3 months ago
aksdb@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Don’t/can’t you still buy codes in other stores, though?
Sneptaur@pawb.social 3 months ago
You can buy Apple gift cards in other stores too
aksdb@lemmy.world 3 months ago
But not directly the apps. I can, however, for example buy codes for individual xbox games from different vendors.
themusicman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A chunk of those sales go to the platform, regardless of where they’re bought