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There are hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store, most of which are terrible. Imagine how many would be in there if there was no $100 fee.
by bluedevil2k 15y ago
There are hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store, most of which are terrible. Imagine how many would be in there if there was no $100 fee.
- kappaknight 15y agoAlso, imagine how many more non-developers would download the iOS betas only to bitch about how things don't work - meanwhile not reporting the bugs to Apple through the proper channels.
- vibrunazo 15y agoShouldn't better search or discovery algorithms or UI, be a more elegant solution than just brute-forcing a paywall into it? Think of the children. I mean, seriously, how many of us were young highschool hackers who would have just loved the opportunity to build something awesome for smartphones. But would be halted by Apple's fine?
- smd80 15y agoYou can build all you want; the tools are available with a free developer account. The fee only applies if you want to distribute your apps through the app store. But the tools are way better -- and way cheaper, even after the $99 -- than they were when I was a young highschool hacker.
- SatvikBeri 15y ago> Shouldn't better search or discovery algorithms or UI, be a more elegant solution than just brute-forcing a paywall into it? That's always the dream, but recommendation algorithms are hard. And can get much harder when you have a small number of positives, which is presumably what would happen if Apple removed the fee.