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I can only speak for Japan, but all three major carriers here had app stores years before the iPhone launched.

(Apple's may have been the first store operated by a hardware maker rather than a carrier though.)



Yes, carriers had app stores, that were not generally open to anyone, and that took a much bigger cut than Apple.


> that were not generally open to anyone

Apple's store isn't open to anyone.

> and that took a much bigger cut than Apple.

AFAIK Docomo (largest carrier in Japan) took 9%. Are you sure you know what you're talking about here?


I don't see a reasonable definition by which the Apple app store is not open to anyone to publish in.


It's open to anyone Apple certifies, and not to anyone else. How is that different from Docomo's model 5-6 years earlier?




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