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Considering the business partner angle, i wonder how expensive it was, 20 years ago, to market, securely deliver to consumers, and process payments from custome
by jjtheblunt 6y ago
Considering the business partner angle, i wonder how expensive it was, 20 years ago, to market, securely deliver to consumers, and process payments from customers for small developers selling in CompUSA or BestBuy, while providing analytics on sales.
I wonder if it gave rise or "justification" to the 30% thing, but don't know.
- crowbahr 6y agoCompared with other publishers of software 30% was probably pretty reasonable. Now it's just simply not.
- CuriouslyC 6y agoThe margins on retailers are razor slim, and publishers did handle a lot of marketing and front money. Apple has a muppet play with the app for a bit then they add a row to a database. They are absolutely bleeding developers to capitalize on their silly mindshare.