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The App Engine pricing issues are anything but a scandal.

• danssig 15y ago
  Really? Getting a bunch of developers locked into a platform and then raising prices sometimes 100 times more than it was? What would they have to do for it to be a scandal for you? If Apple suddenly came out and said "right, from today on we want 75% of your sales instead of 30%" would you have the same reaction?
  • abraham 15y ago
    Terrible comparison. A dick move maybe but not a scandal. Google App Engine: * Not the dominant hosting platform. Not even close to being the dominant. * Maybe a million dollar product. Certainly not a billion dollar product. * In beta/preview until just now with developers knowing pricing had not been set or could be changed. * Optimizing your application properly can negate most if not all of the pricing increase. * Open source alternative framework available if you want to keep using the same APIs. Apple App Store: * Dominant market position with only the Android Market coming close. * Billion dollar product. * Existed as fully launched for several years. * Set percentage. You can't change it other then making your app free. * No open source alternative that supports the same APIs. Beta/preview products can and will change.