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>Feeder is over 10 years old now, long predating the Mac App Store, [...] , and while they should profit, should they really be taking so much that it risks put
by jasode 11y ago
>Feeder is over 10 years old now, long predating the Mac App Store, [...] , and while they should profit, should they really be taking so much that it risks putting independent developers like me out of business?
I'm having trouble following the logic. How can a new distribution channel for potential customers that didn't exist until 2011 bankrupt you?
If Feeder is 10 years old, what's significant about 2011-2015 of the Mac App Store existence that causes financial insolvency?
For a niche app like Feeder, which typically only manages to cover the cost of supporting and maintaining it, doesn’t need any Mac App Store-only features like iCloud,..., it hardly makes sense for me to sell it there from a financial perspective… and yet if I don’t, many people might not even know it exists.
How did people find out Feeder existed before 2011? Did Mac App Store remove that option of reaching the public?
- asadotzler 11y agoApp stores indeed have dramatically obscured other distribution channels. Pretending that's not the case isn't helping anyone.
- jasode 11y ago>dramatically obscured We're not talking about the iOS App Store. The authors complaint is about the Mac App Store. It's a software store that Mac desktop/laptop users don't even bother to click on.[1] I'm still having trouble connecting the dots here. How exactly has a distribution channel that has gained very little traction over the last 4 years "dramatically obscured" other distribution options for a 10-year old app? Has there been an explosion of demand for sandboxed apps? It doesn't look like it. [1]"An alarming number of customers who already have Macs have absolutely no idea that the Mac App Store exists, even though the blue icon sits in many an unchanged Dock." http://www.imore.com/nsfw-apples-benign-neglect-mac-app-store http://www.imore.com/nsfw-apples-benign-neglect-mac-app-stor...
- s73v3r 11y agoNot really. Maybe on phones.