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I have the suspicion that this is likely the case for well over 90% of registered Apple developers. I also find it incredibly disingenuous every time Tim Cook

I have the suspicion that this is likely the case for well over 90% of registered Apple developers. I also find it incredibly disingenuous every time Tim Cook comes out at WWDC and announces how many billions of dollars Apple has paid out to developers, when the vast majority of that money is going to big organizations skimming gambling style microtransactions through massive mobile games. It just feels like they're not being honest and selling luxury pickaxes to gold miners a decade after the California gold rush.

coldtea 9y ago
>when the vast majority of that money is going to big organizations skimming gambling style microtransactions through massive mobile games. Citation needed.
- ghostcluster 9y ago
  Look at Top Grossing: https://www.appannie.com/en/apps/ios/top/ https://www.appannie.com/en/apps/ios/top/ You might be more charitable than me with the microtransaction models in games like Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush, but you don't even need to drop 20 places to get Slotomania, then DoudbleDown Casino, Slots Casino, World Series of Poker, 8 Ball Pool.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    That's 5 out of 150 (free, paid, and grossing) or 4 out of 50 top grossing. And that''s including a solitaire and a pool app in it. Hardly "big organizations skimming gambling style microtransactions through massive mobile games" -- assuming even all those casino apps are from "big organizations" to begin with. "miniclip.com", for example, is not exactly EA.
    - ghostcluster 9y ago
      Those are the ones where there it is so blatant, that there is no argument, and this the top grossing of the platform. But if you include the monetization models of the most popular games such as Clash of Clans, Candy Crush, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the other games at the top, they are doing the same thing with a top layer of misderection. Drill down and their top sellers $99 IAPs of 'gems' or what have you in games aimed at children. That is where the bulk of the app money is coming from, and it's not new or a secret, it is just not emphasized by Apple. They've gotten rid of Top Grossing lists to obfuscate this on the platform, but here, look at Jack Black explaining the tactic of app store games years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4YSpF6d6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4YSpF6d6w It hasn't changed.
    - ghostcluster 9y ago
      Grossing is the only list that is relevant to anything. The other lists don't measure how much money an app is making.

coldtea 9y ago

>when the vast majority of that money is going to big organizations skimming gambling style microtransactions through massive mobile games. Citation needed.

ghostcluster 9y ago
Look at Top Grossing: https://www.appannie.com/en/apps/ios/top/ https://www.appannie.com/en/apps/ios/top/ You might be more charitable than me with the microtransaction models in games like Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush, but you don't even need to drop 20 places to get Slotomania, then DoudbleDown Casino, Slots Casino, World Series of Poker, 8 Ball Pool.
- coldtea 9y ago
  That's 5 out of 150 (free, paid, and grossing) or 4 out of 50 top grossing. And that''s including a solitaire and a pool app in it. Hardly "big organizations skimming gambling style microtransactions through massive mobile games" -- assuming even all those casino apps are from "big organizations" to begin with. "miniclip.com", for example, is not exactly EA.
  - ghostcluster 9y ago
    Those are the ones where there it is so blatant, that there is no argument, and this the top grossing of the platform. But if you include the monetization models of the most popular games such as Clash of Clans, Candy Crush, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the other games at the top, they are doing the same thing with a top layer of misderection. Drill down and their top sellers $99 IAPs of 'gems' or what have you in games aimed at children. That is where the bulk of the app money is coming from, and it's not new or a secret, it is just not emphasized by Apple. They've gotten rid of Top Grossing lists to obfuscate this on the platform, but here, look at Jack Black explaining the tactic of app store games years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4YSpF6d6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4YSpF6d6w It hasn't changed.
  - ghostcluster 9y ago
    Grossing is the only list that is relevant to anything. The other lists don't measure how much money an app is making.