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The 14 pages that link to App Store, each with the reason it gives.

• Steve JobsRelated: Its launch turned the iPhone into a platform for third-party software businesses.

• iPhoneRelated: It is the primary channel for installing third-party iPhone apps.

• Mobile gameRelated: App stores are major channels for publishing and updating mobile games.

• Mobile operating systemRelated: Mobile operating systems rely on app stores to distribute and update applications.

• iOSRelated: Its 2008 launch opened iPhone software to third-party developers at scale.

• Digital distribution of video gamesRelated: Mobile app marketplaces normalized direct digital acquisition of games.

• iPadRelated: The App Store supplies much of the software that makes an iPad useful.

• Tim CookRelated: Its commissions and distribution rules became a major business engine and source of regulatory scrutiny during Cook’s tenure.

• 2010sRelated: App marketplaces made smartphones platforms for services beyond calls and messaging.

• History of mobile phonesRelated: The iPhone App Store helped establish apps as a central way to extend phone capabilities.