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worldwide) with roughly 15 percent of the total being iPhones. That’s a big difference but Apple App Store users spend about 30 percent more than Google Play users. It’s also a big chunk of the $71.8B spent in 2018 and will probably get bigger since iPhoners know their environment is more private/secure, they have a sexy titanium card and will soon have a dynamite roster of friendly, classy information/entertainment content for the entire family. While Google beat Apple to the punch announcing Google Stadia days before Apple Arcade; Arcade games can be safely played across iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple TV. For the other guy’s games, if you have a device with a Chrome browser or know someone with a Pixel phone, you can play the games, share the data. There will be a new tab on the App Store that will feature games from Sega, Disney, Lego, Konami, Mistwalker, Sumo Digital, and Raw Fury. In all, way more than 100 titles will be available and with a single subscription, folks can play with physical game controllers and even download and play offline. Yeah, we know, free always seems better, but Apple Arcade won’t collect personal info or track what you do unless you specifically say it’s okay! And none of the games will offer to sell downloadable content so your kids won’t rack up a big surprise for you at the end of the month. Cook and team didn’t announce what “small” charge would appear on your monthly Apple Card statement, but the roster of games will be available to more than 1B App Store customers in more than 150 countries … shortly. Apple News+, a subscription news service, is … interesting. Okay, they have 300 magazines, two major papers and several digital publications all