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$99/year is literally nothing for most companies. Furthermore, Android has competing app stores, yet by far the biggest one is still the Play Store. Lots of dev

$99/year is literally nothing for most companies. Furthermore, Android has competing app stores, yet by far the biggest one is still the Play Store. Lots of developers (and users) did not and would not chose other distribution methods.

joseloyaio 5y ago
That's a lot. That's basically a $9/month SaaS. They are not subsidized at all. I've seen cheaper subscription services that also come with support, hosting and services.
- charcircuit 5y ago
  It's less than a day's worth of wages for a software engineer and provides you a potential audience of millions of users.
  - AndriyKunitsyn 5y ago
    "A potential audience of millions of users" means less than it implies. If I just put my work online, have I got the audience of billions of Internet users? Probably yes, but it doesn't mean much - I still need to tell people about my work somehow so they would be interested in it. If we think about how App Store can actually actively help us in promoting an app, without specifically buying ad in the App Store - which doesn't cost $99/year, it costs much more - it's not exactly appealing. Epic's CEO showed how bad the App Store search is in finding apps that users specifically search for: https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/1019852527007944704 https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/101985252700794470... And why wouldn't it be bad? Iphone users don't have any better.
- dwaite 5y ago
  Apple developer accounts come with support, hosting and services.
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benhurmarcel 5y ago
Not all apps are developed by companies.