Changes to the EU App Store
Cook and Maestri both answered questions about possible economic hits that may result from the changes being made to the App Store and app distribution policies in the European Union. While Maestri commented that the EU accounts for just 7% of Apple’s global app revenue, Cook commented that the impact of the changes was impossible to determine at this time, as it is difficult to predict what developers and customers will do.
“We’ve really focused on privacy, security, and usability,” Cook said. “And we’ve we’ve tried our best to get as close it in the past in terms of things that people love about our ecosystem, but we’re going to fall short of providing the maximum amount that we could supply because we need to comply with the regulation.”