A recently published pre-print titled 'GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps' by Jan{\ss}en 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.
翻译：Janyss}en等人最近出版的题为“GDPR和损失的一代创新应用程序”的预印文章指出,Google Play Store上三分之一的应用程序在2018年5月推出GDPR时从这个应用程序商店中消失。作者推断“GDPR是原因 ” 。 GDPR对应用程序经济的影响是一个需要研究的重要领域。 不幸的是,该文件目前缺乏控制条件和一个关键变量。 因此,正如我们将要讨论的那样,该文件中报道的对应用程序出口的影响可能会被高估。 我们相信还有其他因素可以更好地解释Play Store中除GDPR之外的变化。
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