This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 2nd, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Developers and legislators around the world are questioning Apple’s business model. Slowly, the company has been forced to back down. But the latest concession will not solve the big app conflict. “Once we are making over $1B a year in profit from the App Store, is […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 22, 2020. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Censorship. Oppression of opinion. Freedom of speech. The American right does not mince words after Twitter started marking inaccuracies from Donald Trump. As a counterforce, a new wave of radical social networks is emerging – with its own rules that better suit their opinions. Should social […]
Just before the new year, Nielsen published a list of the top smartphone apps of 2016. The list is based on average unique users which is a way of measuring, although it would have a hard time scaling to a longer list due to the lack of data (the sample is 9,000 panelists). Nielsen image, with my highlighting on the right. More interesting is the ownership of the apps and their respective business models. There are […]
