2013/01/01 by Joni Salminen, Jose Teixeira · 1 voice
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Digital Platforms and Economics #Open Source Software Innovations #Software Engineering Techniques and Practices #cs.CY
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39808-7_11
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · arxiv published 2014/01/23 · arxiv updated 2014/01/23 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In this paper, we outline some potential conflicts that platform owners and software developers face in mobile application markets. Our arguments are based on comments captured in specialized online discussion forums, in which developers gather to share knowledge and experiences. The key findings indicate conflicts of interests, including 1) intra-platform competition, 2) discriminative promotion, 3) entry prevention, 4) restricted monetization, 5) restricted knowledge sharing, 6) substitution, and 7) strategic technology selection. Opportunistic platform owners may use their power to discriminate between third-part software developers. However, there are also potential strategic solutions that developers can apply; for example diversification (multi-homing), syndication and brand building.