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Comment on Chinese App Stores Begin Paying for Data Usage to Encourage App Downloads by 快用在iOS平台开展下载应用免流量活动 - 动点科技
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Kuaiyong, the Chinese software for managing and downloading iOS apps, and Wukong, a mobile game distributor, recently initiated a program, in order to encourage app downloads, trying to convince app developers, app stores and telecom operators to pay for data used for downloading apps.
China Unicom, one of the three Chinese telecom operators, has joined the two app distributors that all of its subscribers now don’t need to pay for the data used for downloading certain apps.
Kuaiyong, the controversial iOS app store which got worldwide famous in the evad3rs’ iOS7 jailbreak scandal and venture backed by Chinese tech company Qihoo, seems to use the strategy to get a larger share in China’s iOS app market.
As the Android app distribution market has been controlled by a few players, Baidu’s 91 Wireless, Qihoo 360, Wandoujia and Tencent’s MyApp, the land-grabbing war in iOS app distribution have already started.
Baidu has acquired App111 (91 Wireless also operates an iOS app store) and UC Web acquired Teiron.
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