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I remember when the App Stores first came online and everyone was fine to pay the 30% cut because before that, other retail channels were charging way more. No
by 2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
I remember when the App Stores first came online and everyone was fine to pay the 30% cut because before that, other retail channels were charging way more.
Now the 30% is too much.
- kevingadd 7y agoIf you're not fine with 30% what's your alternative? Apple never offered an alternative. 30% or nothing on iOS.
- Illniyar 7y agoWhat? where? no one was charging fees for using channels because there were no channels other than direct marketing. (Unless you talking about actually selling a physical box in retail, which is completely different)
- ben_w 7y agoA decade ago I was making shareware. The combination of payment-handler fees and website bandwidth worked out not to far from 30%, from what I remember.
- scarface74 7y agoSprint had an “app store” where you could buy J2ME apps for feature phones.
- 2muchcoffeeman 7y agoYes, I mean vs bricks and mortar. It’s completely different, but the App Store severely lowered the barrier of entry to writing commercial software. Even I made a few grand from it. It sucks that some types of apps will never pass review, but I’m not sure that 30% is too much.