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I love the idea of the Mac App store, however I'm not sure some indie devs will like taking a 30% hit. For example, would TextMate want to be here? Also, it's
by tvon 16y ago
I love the idea of the Mac App store, however I'm not sure some indie devs will like taking a 30% hit. For example, would TextMate want to be here?
Also, it's not like CS5 is going to show up in the Mac App Store.
- boltofblue 16y agoApple cannot stop Indie devs from releasing apps in the normal fashion. Unlike with iPhones, where iTunes is the only installation point. If I was an indie developer, I'd say 30% would be worth the extra exposure.
- gtufano 16y agoA simple payment system that users trust and that you don't have to think about it is worth the 30%, IMHO.
- risotto 16y agoBump your price up to cover Apple's cut. And shut down your servers / payment processor / update system, and enjoy your new found time to work on TextMate2 instead of maintaining infrastructure for TextMate 1. TextMate is a great case study. It'd be very high up on the Top Grossing list, and therefore massively visible to many new eyeballs that are not Ruby on Rails hackers. I'd wager that it'd move a lot of new licenses if it was in the App Store.