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Sure thing! I don't find it offensive to pay $99/year to Apple in exchange for them maintaining their developer portal and tools. They invest tens of millions

• wizard_2 17y ago
  They also take 30% of every app you sell. The fact I bought doodle jump underwrote the developer tools. As of this year they are the single biggest mobile company due to their app and phone sales. The $100 a developer isn't much of a profit for them as it is a means to control access.
  • cpr 17y ago
    I'm sorry, but I don't think 30% is an unreasonable cut. When I sell my current indie Mac/Win software through resellers, I have to give them at least 25% to make it worth their while.
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      > I'm sorry, but I don't think 30% is an unreasonable cut. That's good for you. Did you negotiate with Apple? Or did you find that since there can not be any competition that it was 30% or forget it? > When I sell my current indie Mac/Win software through resellers, I have to give them at least 25% to make it worth their while. Ah, but the interesting bit here is that apparently there you can negotiate.
      • cpr 17y ago
        Well, not really--if you don't give a reseller at least 20-25%, they're not going to be motivated to sell.
    • wizard_2 17y ago
      Neither do I, I'm just saying it's making them very profitable, much more so then the developer fee. So much more that I don't see the developer fee as a source of income.