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If it's a well known application I will go out of my way and buy it outside the store if that's the only way to get it. But for some random app that I just foun
by cstejerean 10y ago
If it's a well known application I will go out of my way and buy it outside the store if that's the only way to get it. But for some random app that I just found I have to wonder if it's worth getting it from outside the store (and frequently the answer is no). I need to a) give my credit card to a random website that will probably get hacked in the next 12 months, b) start getting unsolicited email campaigns in about 18 months when someone hires a growth hacker, c) remember how to install the damn thing when I upgrade my laptop, d) deal with the reduced security guarantees of an app that did not go through the Apple review process and is not subject to the sandboxing of the App Store.
For many apps where I wouldn't mind spending $10 to $20 in the App Store, I am probably not going to deal with all of the above to buy it directly from the developer.
- jedberg 10y agoI suspect you are a tiny minority though and that the cut the app store takes doesn't make up for losing a few folks like yourself. However, I have no data to back up that claim, so I could very well be wrong. I personally don't feel like you do because I use burner cards and emails to solve the hacking and spamming problems, and apps still have to be sandboxed unless you turn off that safeguard explicitly for the app.
- tamasnet 10y agoParent might be a tiny minority, but if so I'm right there with him.
- kalleboo 10y ago> give my credit card to a random website that will probably get hacked in the next 12 months Pretty much everyone takes PayPal which shields you from this
- dcosson 10y agoOr uses stripe which hides your real card number from the merchant. The annoyance of adding a card is one thing but fear of an app developer getting hacked and exposing your card doesn't strike me as a very strong reason.
- eonw 10y agothey shouldnt be storing it anyways. thats not PCI compliant.
- skaplun 10y agoDev logic, not how most of us are thinking
- kalleboo 10y agoAs an app developer, most users also seem to think developers are to blame for issues like the App Store failing to download apps, double-billing etc, so I don't think buying though Apple makes much of a difference there.
- skaplun 10y agoThat's flawed logic. Your users are telling you they can't tell apart merchant/platform so you should build on top of that and assume they won't know that you're not PayPal