论文标题
应用程序的GDPR成本？没有平台数据几乎不可能学习
The Cost of the GDPR for Apps? Nearly Impossible to Study without Platform Data
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论文摘要
Janßen等人最近发表的题为“ GDPR和丢失的创新应用程序”的预印。观察到，Google Play商店中的三分之一的应用程序在2018年5月引入GDPR围绕该应用商店中消失了。作者推断出“ GDPR是原因”。 GDPR对应用程序经济的影响是一个重要的研究领域。不幸的是，本文目前缺乏控制条件和关键变量。结果，正如我们将要讨论的那样，对本文报告的APP出口的影响可能被高估了。我们认为，除GDPR外，还有其他因素可以更好地解释Play商店中的这些变化。
A recently published pre-print titled 'GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps' by Janßen et al. observes that a third of apps on the Google Play Store disappeared from this app store around the introduction of the GDPR in May 2018. The authors deduce 'that GDPR is the cause'. The effects of the GDPR on the app economy are an important field to study. Unfortunately, the paper currently lacks a control condition and a key variable. As a result, the effects on app exits reported in the paper are likely overestimated, as we will discuss. We believe there are other factors which may better explain these changes in the Play Store aside from the GDPR.
