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I don't understand your point. If you're serving a file from AWS to ten people or to a massive userbase what happens ? Does AWS pricing change once you have a c

by nolok 6y ago

I don't understand your point. If you're serving a file from AWS to ten people or to a massive userbase what happens ? Does AWS pricing change once you have a certain amount of traffic ? No, you pay per GB delivered. Apple should offer that kind of pricing, or a price per user (download) if they want. And Apple should also be free to offer the % as an alternative if they wish, "don't want to bother with details ? Just stay entirely within Apple's system and pay 30% and that's it". But not strip the possibility of paying by use. Because again, if I have 500 millions users, delivering a 5 MB update costs the same for a 5$ sub as it does for a 50$ sub, yet Apple's bills 10 times more to the second one.

dropofwill 6y ago
AWS price per GB actually goes down as you reach different monthly checkpoints. To me it seems like payment processors are a more direct comparison and they usually do a combination of flat fee + percentage.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  Note however that payment processors are actually charging in proportion to their costs, because one of their major costs is fraud for which the cost (if it occurs) is proportional to the amount of the charge.
- xxs 6y ago
  Payment processors bear the risk of fraud and extra checks for large sums. App stores have effectively zero risk.
nicky0 6y ago
Your flat fee model would really suck for free apps.
- nolok 6y ago
  Nobody stops Apple from offering an alternative "if your app is 100% free then there are no fees for you at all", beside the 100$/year they already have to pay.
- username90 6y ago
  Advertisements in apps is a way to circumvent the app store fee currently, yes. That is bad, it means that ads pay close 50% more compared to selling apps compared to what they should, meaning Apples policy likely massively increased the number of ad based apps compared to purchasable apps. Forcing them to pay their fair share makes sense for everyone.
- kevingadd 6y ago
  There's already a flat fee for free apps (the developer fees), and every customer has already paid a flat fee (buying the phone)
  - nicky0 5y ago
    We are talking about a flat fee per app delivery here.

by nolok 6y ago

dropofwill 6y ago

AWS price per GB actually goes down as you reach different monthly checkpoints. To me it seems like payment processors are a more direct comparison and they usually do a combination of flat fee + percentage.

AnthonyMouse 6y ago
Note however that payment processors are actually charging in proportion to their costs, because one of their major costs is fraud for which the cost (if it occurs) is proportional to the amount of the charge.
xxs 6y ago
Payment processors bear the risk of fraud and extra checks for large sums. App stores have effectively zero risk.

nicky0 6y ago

Your flat fee model would really suck for free apps.

nolok 6y ago
Nobody stops Apple from offering an alternative "if your app is 100% free then there are no fees for you at all", beside the 100$/year they already have to pay.
username90 6y ago
Advertisements in apps is a way to circumvent the app store fee currently, yes. That is bad, it means that ads pay close 50% more compared to selling apps compared to what they should, meaning Apples policy likely massively increased the number of ad based apps compared to purchasable apps. Forcing them to pay their fair share makes sense for everyone.
kevingadd 6y ago
There's already a flat fee for free apps (the developer fees), and every customer has already paid a flat fee (buying the phone)
- nicky0 5y ago
  We are talking about a flat fee per app delivery here.