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You pay 99 per year. But this definitely doesn’t cover their cost. The review process is very labor intensive on their side

munk-a 3y ago
As someone who has developed a commercial app and spent time on the app store - their review process is a joke... there are non-compliances all over the store and I suspect a lot of their review process is highly automated.
- wouldbecouldbe 3y ago
  Yeah just because it's labor intensive doesn't mean it's good. Im sure both App stores have lot of automated tests. But I've submitted a lot of apps and the feedback from Apple is much more specific and from humans. I agree it's very annoying, often complaining about things that are explained in submission notes. But if I submit and do around 5-10 updates per year that seems highly unlikely it covers their salary cost.
  - Fluorescence 3y ago
    Most of their review is for their own interests so they should foot the bill. Their priority is to ensure every dollar gets taxed and to block features they want to monopolise. The idea that it is a service to developers that they should pay for is insulting.
la_oveja 3y ago
you are trippin
jacquesm 3y ago
The review process is only there to give Apple a fig-leaf to remove apps at will without recourse.
ffgjgf1 3y ago
However it’s so inconsistent and arbitrary that it hardly ever mattered.
akmarinov 3y ago
Not really, I put in a feature to record the screen and all they did was launch the app, click a button and then auto approve
throwaway346434 3y ago
Would you pay a drunk rich person $99/year, so that you can publish a community newsletter to your local town or sell custom decals to your state's car enthusiasts club? Who then randomly decrees your newsletter is not allowed, forgets why, then slurs THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER and bans you yelling "I'm everybody safe, keeping!" In this case, who exactly are they protecting, the townsfolk or car enthusiasts that you have an independent relationship with? Would this scenario seem like a good idea to agree to? If no, why is the app store/walled garden model an appropriate use case at all/how is it substantially different?
wkat4242 3y ago
It depends how often you submit. Also they do it mostly in cheap labour countries. And it doesn't have to conver the cost really. It's not a service to developers like developer support would be. It's more an impediment due to its randomness.

munk-a 3y ago

As someone who has developed a commercial app and spent time on the app store - their review process is a joke... there are non-compliances all over the store and I suspect a lot of their review process is highly automated.

wouldbecouldbe 3y ago
Yeah just because it's labor intensive doesn't mean it's good. Im sure both App stores have lot of automated tests. But I've submitted a lot of apps and the feedback from Apple is much more specific and from humans. I agree it's very annoying, often complaining about things that are explained in submission notes. But if I submit and do around 5-10 updates per year that seems highly unlikely it covers their salary cost.
- Fluorescence 3y ago
  Most of their review is for their own interests so they should foot the bill. Their priority is to ensure every dollar gets taxed and to block features they want to monopolise. The idea that it is a service to developers that they should pay for is insulting.

la_oveja 3y ago

you are trippin

jacquesm 3y ago

The review process is only there to give Apple a fig-leaf to remove apps at will without recourse.

ffgjgf1 3y ago

However it’s so inconsistent and arbitrary that it hardly ever mattered.

akmarinov 3y ago

Not really, I put in a feature to record the screen and all they did was launch the app, click a button and then auto approve

throwaway346434 3y ago

Would you pay a drunk rich person $99/year, so that you can publish a community newsletter to your local town or sell custom decals to your state's car enthusiasts club? Who then randomly decrees your newsletter is not allowed, forgets why, then slurs THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER and bans you yelling "I'm everybody safe, keeping!" In this case, who exactly are they protecting, the townsfolk or car enthusiasts that you have an independent relationship with? Would this scenario seem like a good idea to agree to? If no, why is the app store/walled garden model an appropriate use case at all/how is it substantially different?

wkat4242 3y ago

It depends how often you submit. Also they do it mostly in cheap labour countries. And it doesn't have to conver the cost really. It's not a service to developers like developer support would be. It's more an impediment due to its randomness.