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> Apple just showed they cared about them in a single change. Apple just showed they care about their image. If they really cared about small devs, they can al
by ROARosen 6y ago
> Apple just showed they cared about them in a single change.
Apple just showed they care about their image. If they really cared about small devs, they can allow third-party app stores or platforms like Epic's, which would really help developers by bringing down processing costs.
- enos_feedler 6y agoI agree that the concept of a store within a store should exist for Epic and for users. I think “processing costs” is not really the issue. Apple’s revenue sharing business agreements just happen to be collected at processing time. They could easily invoice later. The core issue is: how much should Epic pay to have their own store on the iPhone?
- zepto 6y agoIf bringing down processing costs is the issue, Apple just did that. Allowing multiple stores would increase costs doe small developers, because of the overhead of dealing with many stores and many sets of rules. Any cost saving would disappear into one or two levels of middlemen, otherwise known as publishing companies.