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Apple should either charge based on usage of their resources i.e % charge for payments through apple pay $ per million downloads/updates for hosting or provi

Apple should either charge based on usage of their resources i.e % charge for payments through apple pay $ per million downloads/updates for hosting or provide the ability to sideload or use third party app stores That way app developers can choose whether Apples store is worth their overhead.

valuearb 6y ago
That would be a disaster for developers. Right now the App Store will distribute as many terabytes of your apps as you want, for free, and only charges a fee when customers actually buy. It’s the greatest software marketing machine ever and access is only $99 a year.
- gridlockd 6y ago
  The vast majority of Apps receive effectively no marketing from the App Store, they are invisible except for a brief moment when they're listed under "latest".
  - valuearb 6y ago
    You aren’t using the store correctly if you believe that. Marketing isn’t just “ads”. Look it up.
    - gridlockd 6y ago
      There's millions of apps on the App Store and of those, only a few hundred are visible at one point in time. Are you telling me that millions of apps are just not using the store "correctly", that Apple would feature them if only they had "looked it up?"
      - valuearb 6y ago
        Are you joking? I’ve been selling in the App Store for nearly a decade, haven’t had an app ranked in any chart for at least 5 years, do zero advertising, yet the checks keep rolling in. Explain how.
        gridlockd 6y ago
        > Explain how. I'm supposed to explain to you why your apps, of which I know nothing, keep selling? For one, it might have something to do with the fact that you have been on the App Store for a decade and that your apps do actually show up in recommendations. Not every App gets that. Secondly, whatever your Apps do, they might be referenced on aggregators. When I look for an App to solve a problem, I google it. Inevitably, I'll end up on some site comparing apps for that purpose. The App Store doesn't do anything for me here. You need to understand that you're the exception and that your experience doesn't generalize.
- quonn 6y ago
  The web is the greatest software marketing machine and it‘s open and free.
  - valuearb 6y ago
    Apple pays developers more.
    - ac29 6y ago
      More than what? No one is paying 30% for payment processing on the web.
      - valuearb 6y ago
        Tens of billions a year more.

valuearb 6y ago

That would be a disaster for developers. Right now the App Store will distribute as many terabytes of your apps as you want, for free, and only charges a fee when customers actually buy. It’s the greatest software marketing machine ever and access is only $99 a year.

gridlockd 6y ago
The vast majority of Apps receive effectively no marketing from the App Store, they are invisible except for a brief moment when they're listed under "latest".
- valuearb 6y ago
  You aren’t using the store correctly if you believe that. Marketing isn’t just “ads”. Look it up.
  - gridlockd 6y ago
    There's millions of apps on the App Store and of those, only a few hundred are visible at one point in time. Are you telling me that millions of apps are just not using the store "correctly", that Apple would feature them if only they had "looked it up?"
    - valuearb 6y ago
      Are you joking? I’ve been selling in the App Store for nearly a decade, haven’t had an app ranked in any chart for at least 5 years, do zero advertising, yet the checks keep rolling in. Explain how.
      - gridlockd 6y ago
        > Explain how. I'm supposed to explain to you why your apps, of which I know nothing, keep selling? For one, it might have something to do with the fact that you have been on the App Store for a decade and that your apps do actually show up in recommendations. Not every App gets that. Secondly, whatever your Apps do, they might be referenced on aggregators. When I look for an App to solve a problem, I google it. Inevitably, I'll end up on some site comparing apps for that purpose. The App Store doesn't do anything for me here. You need to understand that you're the exception and that your experience doesn't generalize.
quonn 6y ago
The web is the greatest software marketing machine and it‘s open and free.
- valuearb 6y ago
  Apple pays developers more.
  - ac29 6y ago
    More than what? No one is paying 30% for payment processing on the web.
    - valuearb 6y ago
      Tens of billions a year more.