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I'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
by jakobegger 8y ago
I'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.