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That’s… nuts. It increases developer revenue by ~15%, and adds an AWS credit for another ~15% on top of that. I’ve never really felt the urge to develop a pub
by Ancapistani 5y ago
That’s… nuts.
It increases developer revenue by ~15%, and adds an AWS credit for another ~15% on top of that.
I’ve never really felt the urge to develop a public-facing app on my own, but I’m going to have to give it some serious thought now. Developing an Android app through contract labor and distributing it via Amazon’s App Store could potentially end up bootstrapping another line of business by providing AWS infrastructure.
Now, if Amazon comes out with a viable competitor for Oculus and quickly expands into AR…
- IfOnlyYouKnew 5y agoThey are doing this because the platform is not attractive enough for developers. Otherwise, they wouldn't be doing this. 70% of something easily beasts 90% of almost nothing, ever day.
- mypalmike 5y agoI think you replied to a sarcastic comment. But honestly I'm not sure.
- GrinningFool 5y agoI don't think it was sarcastic. When BlackBerry was adding incentives to get developers to build for their new platform, their app store got flooded with minimum-qualifying-effort crap. I'd expect something similar here, if people think it'll pay off.
- ohyeshedid 5y agoYou don't have to expect, Amazon's app store is filled with shovelware already. I'm wondering what the magic in accounting is doing with this incentive structure.