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The American App Economy Is Now "Bigger Than Hollywood"
Lemeowski writes Technology business analyst Horace Deidu found an interesting nugget while closely examining an Apple press release from earlier this year: "The iOS App Store distributed $10 billion to developers in 2014, which, Deidu points out, is just about as much as Hollywood earned off U.S. box office revenues the same year." That means the American app industry is poised to eclipse the American film industry. Additionally, Apple says its App Store has created 627,000 jobs, which Deidu contrasts with the 374,000 jobs Hollywood creates
Soon, James Cameron will rip his shirt off, scream "NOT FOR LONG, MOTHERFUCKERS!" and return from a week-long free-dive of the Titanic to direct a new blockbuster that will dominate the world in a way that YOUR LITTLE MIND CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE!
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Also, it's a bit of a 90s way to measure Hollywood revenue to look at "box office" sales.
Keep in mind that many app developers put a huge amount of time and effort into developing their apps and publishing them, and then only see a small trickle of income. They just hover at the edges of the app economy desperately trying to catch their big break, while watching the big stars like Rovio rake in huge paychecks every day. Often they have to work side jobs like waiting tables to pay the bills while they dream of becoming stars in their own right. And sadly, the statistics suggest that most of them won't ever make it big.
Contrast that to Hollywood, where... uhh, nevermind. Carry on.
The US app store may be locked to US residents, but there is an Apple App Store for damn near every country, and both TFA and TFPR are clear that the $10 billion App Store figure is global, while the $10 billion box office domestic. Global box office revenue is in the $30 billion dollar range, and if you want to make the claim that something is "bigger than Hollywood" you need to account for box office+blu ray/DVD+streaming+TV licensing+merchandising, so you can probably double that again.