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That would actually be a substantive change that would genuinely change the App market dynamics. This ... is not that.

• valuearb 6y ago
  Spoken by someone who is clearly not an Apple App Store developer. If you were an App developer like myself, you'd realize what a huge change this was. First, most Apple devs don't care about alternate app stores. Those provide nearly zero additional revenues to devs on every platform they are available. Second, most Apple devs don't want the Apple App Store to lose it's primacy, they realize that it's hugely beneficial to their revenues. The security, the app vetting, the single sign on, single purchase account, and easy subscription management and refund features, is a huge reason that we make far more from the App Store than Google Play, despite Androids SIX TIMES larger installed base. Apple attracts the best app customers and makes them super comfortable with buying and subscribing to apps. Most Apple developers by far largest concern was the large percentage of revenues Apple took. And they addressed that today. At 15% we can use App Store purchasing for far more things, and I'm already having those discussions with clients today.
  • pja 6y ago
    Apple has bought off small App vendors in order to protect the 30% rake they take from the big sellers: That you’re happy with the change is not exactly surprising is it? Who wouldn’t be happy being told they’re getting a 21% revenue increase for nothing! Meanwhile, Apple continues to use their dominant position to extract 30% of the revenue of the most profitable Apps, whilst people like you go out to bat for them. Must be great to be in Apple PR :)
    • valuearb 6y ago
      They didn’t buy us off. Most of us NEVER agreed with your loony progressive policies.