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Your views don't change even after learning that most of your purchases that are to support developers are being skimmed by 30% ? (similar situation to Steam bu

Your views don't change even after learning that most of your purchases that are to support developers are being skimmed by 30% ? (similar situation to Steam but at least their development tools are nearly bug free, and really help development) The problem here is that they also charge 100 or $50 just to start developing on their platform...

scarface74 7y ago
So did you buy software from retail when they were taking 60%? Do you buy music when the artist only gets pennies? Do you use Spotify where the artist gets even less? Do you realize that it costs thousands of dollars to develop for either the Playstation or Nintendo and you have to sign an NDA? Do you buy console games?
_ph_ 7y ago
There is no charge to start development for iOS. The tools are available for any Mac owner.
- fetus8 7y ago
  You're right, you can download and get started for free. But it costs $99/year to distribute on the App Store...
- _ph_ 7y ago
  Sorry, this time I really don't get the downvotes. Did I say anything incorrect? If so, please correct me. If not, why am I downvoted?
  - auggierose 7y ago
    Because there are many on here who consider paying $100 for being able to distribute on the App Store outrageous. They don't realise that just putting in 1 hour of your development time to create something usually costs more than that.
    - _ph_ 7y ago
      The point is, you don't need to pay to develop an app, you only need to pay for submitting it into the app store. So perhaps I should have added a disclaimer to my statement and not just limit it to precisely what I expressed. I did not intend to make a statement about the submission fee.
inscionent 7y ago
skim: informal, steal or embezzle This isn't skimming. This is a business agreement. The developer should understand the business agreements they enter into.
gwd 7y ago
> Your views don't change even after learning that most of your purchases that are to support developers are being skimmed by 30% ? Why would that matter in the slightest? If I'm a developer and I figure I need to make $4 off every sale, I just price my app at $6. It will make apps cost more to the end-user, of course; the end-user can then decide whether they want to pay in cash to Apple (via app purchases) to develop iOS, or pay in lack of privacy to Google to develop Android. What makes me angry about this sort of post is that _right now I have a choice_ -- if I want to pay with money instead of privacy, I choose Apple; if I want to pay with privacy instead of money, I choose Android. Articles like this are clearly meant to _take away my choice_, leaving "pay by privacy" the only option available to me.

scarface74 7y ago

So did you buy software from retail when they were taking 60%? Do you buy music when the artist only gets pennies? Do you use Spotify where the artist gets even less? Do you realize that it costs thousands of dollars to develop for either the Playstation or Nintendo and you have to sign an NDA? Do you buy console games?

_ph_ 7y ago

There is no charge to start development for iOS. The tools are available for any Mac owner.

fetus8 7y ago
You're right, you can download and get started for free. But it costs $99/year to distribute on the App Store...
_ph_ 7y ago
Sorry, this time I really don't get the downvotes. Did I say anything incorrect? If so, please correct me. If not, why am I downvoted?
- auggierose 7y ago
  Because there are many on here who consider paying $100 for being able to distribute on the App Store outrageous. They don't realise that just putting in 1 hour of your development time to create something usually costs more than that.
  - _ph_ 7y ago
    The point is, you don't need to pay to develop an app, you only need to pay for submitting it into the app store. So perhaps I should have added a disclaimer to my statement and not just limit it to precisely what I expressed. I did not intend to make a statement about the submission fee.

inscionent 7y ago

skim: informal, steal or embezzle This isn't skimming. This is a business agreement. The developer should understand the business agreements they enter into.

gwd 7y ago

> Your views don't change even after learning that most of your purchases that are to support developers are being skimmed by 30% ? Why would that matter in the slightest? If I'm a developer and I figure I need to make $4 off every sale, I just price my app at $6. It will make apps cost more to the end-user, of course; the end-user can then decide whether they want to pay in cash to Apple (via app purchases) to develop iOS, or pay in lack of privacy to Google to develop Android. What makes me angry about this sort of post is that _right now I have a choice_ -- if I want to pay with money instead of privacy, I choose Apple; if I want to pay with privacy instead of money, I choose Android. Articles like this are clearly meant to _take away my choice_, leaving "pay by privacy" the only option available to me.