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> If I don't pay the $100 Apple tax Please. If you can’t make enough in an entire damn year to cover that $100, you need to look at what you’re doing. Hell I’

> If I don't pay the $100 Apple tax Please. If you can’t make enough in an entire damn year to cover that $100, you need to look at what you’re doing. Hell I’ve seen obscure open source projects get more than $100 in donations every single month. If people see any value in your work, then that $100 is not a barrier at all.

mastersummoner 5y ago
Not every OSS developer does, or wants to, request donations for their software.
webmobdev 5y ago
You make a good point for commercial products. But what about open source or closed source softwares that the developer wants to distribute for free?
heavyset_go 5y ago
I'm not begging for donations, nor am I dealing with the tax implications of taking donations, sorry. I made these apps before macOS enforced the $100 Apple tax on all apps. I would not have created them today if it meant jumping through the hoops that Apple imposes in 2021. It actually costs me money to maintain these apps, because the time I take to maintain them could be time I bill to a client.
- Razengan 5y ago
  > I'm not begging for donations No, you’re begging for free access to millions of users to do whatever you want with them. Which Android/Windows/Linux will happily give you.
Saris 5y ago
What about OSS devs who don't make money from their apps? There are not very many OSS apps on the iOS app store, probably caused by the difficulty in getting an app published.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  > There are not very many OSS apps on the iOS app store, probably caused by the difficulty in getting an app published. It's also because OSS apps on iOS often need to be dual-licensed, especially if they're *GPL licensed. That's because the App Store imposes additional restrictions on the software it distributes, and the GNU licenses mandate that *GPL software cannot be distributed with additional restrictive terms. For Apple to distribute *GPL software via the App Store, it would mean violating those licenses. Take a look at the iOS VLC situation. It had to be taken down and re-released under a dual license because of this problem.
ric2b 5y ago
Sure, because open-source devs really want to ask for donations just to turn around and hand them directly to Apple. Must feel great.

mastersummoner 5y ago

Not every OSS developer does, or wants to, request donations for their software.

webmobdev 5y ago

You make a good point for commercial products. But what about open source or closed source softwares that the developer wants to distribute for free?

heavyset_go 5y ago

I'm not begging for donations, nor am I dealing with the tax implications of taking donations, sorry. I made these apps before macOS enforced the $100 Apple tax on all apps. I would not have created them today if it meant jumping through the hoops that Apple imposes in 2021. It actually costs me money to maintain these apps, because the time I take to maintain them could be time I bill to a client.

Razengan 5y ago
> I'm not begging for donations No, you’re begging for free access to millions of users to do whatever you want with them. Which Android/Windows/Linux will happily give you.

Saris 5y ago

What about OSS devs who don't make money from their apps? There are not very many OSS apps on the iOS app store, probably caused by the difficulty in getting an app published.

heavyset_go 5y ago
> There are not very many OSS apps on the iOS app store, probably caused by the difficulty in getting an app published. It's also because OSS apps on iOS often need to be dual-licensed, especially if they're *GPL licensed. That's because the App Store imposes additional restrictions on the software it distributes, and the GNU licenses mandate that *GPL software cannot be distributed with additional restrictive terms. For Apple to distribute *GPL software via the App Store, it would mean violating those licenses. Take a look at the iOS VLC situation. It had to be taken down and re-released under a dual license because of this problem.

ric2b 5y ago

Sure, because open-source devs really want to ask for donations just to turn around and hand them directly to Apple. Must feel great.