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Got triggered by “bit cheaper”. To develop windows desktop app you have to pay MS tax. To develop Apple desktop or iOS app you have to pay Apple tax. To develo
by ozim 4y ago
Got triggered by “bit cheaper”.
To develop windows desktop app you have to pay MS tax. To develop Apple desktop or iOS app you have to pay Apple tax. To develop Android app you pay Google tax. You could develop Linux desktop app but you are not going to make people pay for it because people will expect that it will be free - because Linux….
You make web app that runs on only free GUI standards that in reality exist and you are free and don’t have to pay anyone anything. Your business is not tied to App Store or whims of a corporation.
- Const-me 4y ago> To develop windows desktop app you have to pay MS tax. No, making windows desktop apps is free. Microsoft even has a free IDE, with a caveat that it's only usable by independent developers, or small businesses.
- ozim 4y agoWhat about if I have a big business and don't want to be bullied by a company order of magnitude bigger than mine?
- doublerabbit 4y agoMaking apps may be free but you still have to pay to obtain the OS.
- Const-me 4y agoNo, you don’t have to. For development, Microsoft ships free VM images, there: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virt... VirtualBox is free and open-source software, GPLv3 license.
- doublerabbit 4y agoDevelopment yes. But for me to push to the user, they have to have a copy of Windows. That costs money; MS Tax.