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> It’s also a lie to say that Apple charges 30%. > It’s 15% for almost all developers except for a tiny percentage of themselves extremely wealthy corporations
by 908B64B197 6y ago
> It’s also a lie to say that Apple charges 30%.
> It’s 15% for almost all developers except for a tiny percentage of themselves extremely wealthy corporations.
Remember dealing with distributors and middlemen before the App Store?
I recall high schoolers getting their app on the App Store (and making money out of it) not that long after the Store launched. That was unthinkable a few years before that.
- Razengan 6y ago> Remember dealing with distributors and middlemen before the App Store? Uhhh.. remember hosting fees, payment processors, ad networks?
- zepto 6y agoYeah - it was vastly more difficult to deal with that patchwork than just uploading to the App Store, and the friction for consumers meant much worse sales performance.
- jariel 6y agoThis is false, and tons of software providers do it already today. For smaller shops in an open market, they'll be a ton of vendors willing to do the 'full stack' checkout experience for a fraction of what Apple/Google charge. For one, Shopify will open up a 'Software Goods' version of their front end to manage digital inventory and that's that. $20/month.
- zepto 6y agoThis is not false. Presumably Shopify will do nothing to scan the software for malware, build a privacy framework, deal with incremental downloading of content, etc. etc. The App Store is not just a bunch of urls with a paywall in front of it.
- 908B64B197 6y ago> For smaller shops in an open market, they'll be a ton of vendors willing to do the 'full stack' checkout experience for a fraction of what Apple/Google charge. I suppose they also provide the ecosystem of devices and the extremely valuable higher-income market segment Apple targets.