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Google doesn't host your content on the Chrome app store.
by guywithabike 15y ago
Google doesn't host your content on the Chrome app store.
- cosgroveb 15y agoThis is probably an important distinction when you're comparing it to the App Store. However, Wikipedia says that Google's 30% cut on the Android Market goes to the carriers. Do the carriers provide the infrastructure for the Market or does Google just not mind paying for the expense?
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoThey can, if you choose to implement it that way: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/apps.html http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/apps.html
- WesleyJohnson 15y agoAnd Apple does? Apple hosts and distributes your apps, yes, but you still need to have additional content/features (global high scores, etc) hosted somewhere else. How is this different from Chrome App Store? If you build a true packaged app, Google's App Store will host it, won't they?
- pornel 15y agoAlso Apple charges $99/year for hosting (they don't call it hosting fee, but if you stop paying, they'll stop hosting your app).
- lurch_mojoff 15y agoNo they don't. If you don't renew your ADC membership Apple won't pull your apps from the store.
- allenbrunson 15y agoThat is false. If you let your iOS dev credentials lapse, Apple will indeed remove your apps from the store. I saw it happen to a guy I know. He wrote one game, it didn't sell at all, he didn't renew, so his app dropped out of the store.
- patrickaljord 15y agoYes it does, see this comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2538255 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2538255