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Apple, by creating the iPhone and a standardized App Store, have essentially created billions of revenue for developers throughout the years. I find your sense
by kjoedion 4y ago
Apple, by creating the iPhone and a standardized App Store, have essentially created billions of revenue for developers throughout the years.
I find your sense of entitlement morally derelict.
- andybak 4y agoAnd I find your preference for hyperbole mildly distasteful.
- smoldesu 4y agoApple, by creating the iPhone and taxing every app purchase, have single-handedly lifted billions of dollars out of the pockets of those developers they're supposedly helping. So yes, they're entitled to 'something' because clearly Apple thinks they're entitled to the money of thousands of developers. Maybe they are, but the only way to find out is opening their platform, which they're obviously too afraid to do even as an experiment. They know apps like TikTok, Facebook and Fortnite have the ability to tip the scales away from their favor; so why shouldn't they? Why doesn't the customer have a right to decide?
- mypalmike 4y agoYou have a reasonable counterpoint. Maybe ditch the personal attack?
- domador 4y agoLet's see if I can paraphrase your argument: "The iPhone and the App Store exist, therefore developers should be thankful they exist regardless of how Apple treats them as they try to get their apps approved."
- dylan604 4y agoWhat would that dev do without their 80% they are making now if there was no iDevices? That 80% looks pretty good compared to 0%
- josephcsible 4y agoIf there were no iDevices, the developers would make their apps for more open platforms instead. Don't pretend the apps just wouldn't exist at all.
- dylan604 4y agoRight, because the millions of people that have a mobile device as the one and only compute device would magically be buying a different type of computer?
- josephcsible 4y agoIn what world can anyone afford an iDevice but not an Android device?
- dylan604 4y agoI read open platforms as not just Android. I was thinking more traditional compute vs mobile
- zaik 4y agoThey would be buying the same computer from a different manufacturer.
- ClassyJacket 4y ago"Finally, developers are getting a tiny percentage of the revenue they deserve. Therefore, it's okay to steal from them, and destroy them completely."
- nazgulsenpai 4y agoPrior to the iPhone and the AppStore, it wasn't possible to monetize computer software. We should be grateful our overlords allow us to develop the applications that are the foundation of that business model.