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I shouldn't have to pay for that customer service if Google or Apple's cut is 30% of app revenues.
by GorgeRonde 8y ago
I shouldn't have to pay for that customer service if Google or Apple's cut is 30% of app revenues.
- jakobegger 8y agoI'm pretty sure that 99% of apps on the store make so little revenue that it's not worth it to pay someone competent to review them, especially with all the ad supported free apps. So a very low percentage of apps pay for the cost of running the app store. A fixed filing fee would level that imbalance.
- a_imho 8y agoDevelopers pay $25 or so on sign up.
- stedaniels 8y agoWhich barely covers a competent person sipping a coffee whilst glancing at the title of your app.
- jakobegger 8y agoAnd after paying those $25 they are free to spam the review team with hundreds of submissions? Doesn't sound sustainable to me. If App Stores charged a fee per submission, that would drastically cut down on spam submissions, and free up resources for those of us who actually put a lot of effort into our apps.
- Avamander 8y agoOnce you set a fee I know apps will be updated less often, it'd be sad for open-source apps - which I'd say are the most useful of all apps on Google Play.
- zentiggr 8y agoSo a fee on initial submission... updates not charged. Will still put a crimp in the spam-app floods.
- jakobegger 8y agoIf you spend hundreds of hours working on something, paying a reasonable fee to publish it is not going to stop anyone.
- VRay 8y agoRealistically, if you spent 20 hours developing the app, you're already $3000 invested on this project. Another $100-$500 isn't THAT big of a deal when you look at it in those terms