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The bigger question I have is: why would you/anyone move them at all? If you're already selling for OS X and have an avenue for updating your app, are you reall

by bconway 16y ago

The bigger question I have is: why would you/anyone move them at all? If you're already selling for OS X and have an avenue for updating your app, are you really going to give up 30% of your revenue to Apple for the same-old? This only works on the iPhone because it's the only way to get software on the device. Unless that's the next step...

jcromartie 16y ago
You would probably be able to reach a lot more people and give them a better purchase/install/update experience that could easily compensate for that lost %30.
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- bad_user 16y ago
  So why not go ahead with both means of distribution?
  - acangiano 16y ago
    I believe that's what most people will do, unless Apple expressly forbids it.
Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I agree that the 30% chunk taken by Apple is a bit large. For iOS, the huge draw (apart from the obvious "it's the only way") is that your pool of potential customers is enormous. You give up 30% of your revenue in exchange for making your software easily available to millions of people. I'd say try finding a software publisher that will give you a deal anywhere near that good, but if you're already distributing your software electronically...
- ceejayoz 16y ago
  The ease of discovery may make it worth it. Sure, I may have an existing online store for my software, but people have to Google for it, trust it enough to enter their credit card data, enter their credit card data, etc. If a significantly higher number of people are going to find and one-click install my product on the App Store, that makes the cut well worth it.
protomyth 16y ago
I think the savings in dealing with credit card processing / paypal along with not having to maintain my own updates. Bandwidth / Hosting is not a small issue.
- hermitcrab 16y ago
  I pay PayPal about 2.5% for payment processing. For a full featured ecommerce provider you typically pay 5 to 10%. Hosting costs for a commercial software vendor are pretty trivial. 30% is taking the piss.
  - jonhendry 16y ago
    That's great until they balk at turning over a few hundred thousand dollars for whatever reason.
    - kranner 16y ago
      Avoid PayPal then, with their screwed up antifraud data mining. Everybody else should be glad to process your money and take their commissions.
- cookiecaper 16y ago
  It's not such a huge issue either. Most vendors figured it out a long time ago. Why should they give money to Apple for it?
napierzaza 16y ago
Because you want to marketing of the app store and don't want to maintain two versions. Also, if Apple has built in copy protection and distribution that's a big advantage (it might not for this new store).

by bconway 16y ago

jcromartie 16y ago

You would probably be able to reach a lot more people and give them a better purchase/install/update experience that could easily compensate for that lost %30.

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bad_user 16y ago
So why not go ahead with both means of distribution?
- acangiano 16y ago
  I believe that's what most people will do, unless Apple expressly forbids it.

Aqua_Geek 16y ago

I agree that the 30% chunk taken by Apple is a bit large. For iOS, the huge draw (apart from the obvious "it's the only way") is that your pool of potential customers is enormous. You give up 30% of your revenue in exchange for making your software easily available to millions of people. I'd say try finding a software publisher that will give you a deal anywhere near that good, but if you're already distributing your software electronically...

ceejayoz 16y ago
The ease of discovery may make it worth it. Sure, I may have an existing online store for my software, but people have to Google for it, trust it enough to enter their credit card data, enter their credit card data, etc. If a significantly higher number of people are going to find and one-click install my product on the App Store, that makes the cut well worth it.

protomyth 16y ago

I think the savings in dealing with credit card processing / paypal along with not having to maintain my own updates. Bandwidth / Hosting is not a small issue.

hermitcrab 16y ago
I pay PayPal about 2.5% for payment processing. For a full featured ecommerce provider you typically pay 5 to 10%. Hosting costs for a commercial software vendor are pretty trivial. 30% is taking the piss.
- jonhendry 16y ago
  That's great until they balk at turning over a few hundred thousand dollars for whatever reason.
  - kranner 16y ago
    Avoid PayPal then, with their screwed up antifraud data mining. Everybody else should be glad to process your money and take their commissions.
cookiecaper 16y ago
It's not such a huge issue either. Most vendors figured it out a long time ago. Why should they give money to Apple for it?

napierzaza 16y ago

Because you want to marketing of the app store and don't want to maintain two versions. Also, if Apple has built in copy protection and distribution that's a big advantage (it might not for this new store).