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I don't understand why they're only releasing this through the App Store in the first place. - Giving 30% to Apple is no small thing - You lose the ability to
by teacup50 11y ago
I don't understand why they're only releasing this through the App Store in the first place.
- Giving 30% to Apple is no small thing
- You lose the ability to maintain a direct relationship with your customers, provide upgrade pricing, etc
- Any updates are gated behind a delay-and-frustration-prone release process.
- There are plenty of services that will handle billing for 5% or less, compared to Apple's 30%. However, in the post-Stripe universe, implementing a webstore yourself is actually super easy.
- outworlder 11y agoIs the company located in the US? Or in a Stripe-supported country? If not, there's your answer.
- teacup50 11y agoThere are plenty of long-standing options other than Stripe if you don't go the "run the store yourself" route.
- mchakravarty 11y agoThere are many advantages and disadvantages to distributing through the App Store. It definitely makes launching a new product easier. We have started to investigate other distribution channels. However, adding that option will take some work (= time).