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> I'm not sure why they feel so emboldened Because they feel like they own the relationship between the user and the developer by virtue of it happening on a d
by grishka 3y ago
> I'm not sure why they feel so emboldened
Because they feel like they own the relationship between the user and the developer by virtue of it happening on a device they made, regardless of how much their contribution, if any, was to the formation of that relationship in the first place.
- insane_dreamer 3y agothe same could be said of any game developed on Unreal and required to pay an (admittedly lower) percent to Epic
- jchook 3y agoThat's not an apt comparison because Apple banned alternative app stores from their devices.
- grishka 3y agoYou have a choice to use a different engine to build your game (including rolling your own). You don't have a choice to not use the app store to distribute your iOS app.
- dkonofalski 3y agoYes, you do. You have the choice to put your App on Google Play or host it yourself and make it available for Android.
- grishka 3y agoI'm talking about iOS apps specifically. Don't pretend that not making your app available for the second most popular mobile OS is acceptable.
- dkonofalski 3y agoYou're not forced to make apps for iOS or any Apple product. Making your app for the second most popular OS is acceptable because that's what iOS is. I know you tried to make it seem like Android is but, worldwide, Android is far more popular than iOS. The fact that there even is a 2nd most popular mobile OS proves that Apple doesn't have a monopoly.
- grishka 3y agoThat doesn't make it any easier for people who have iPhones but can't install your app because your app is incompatible with whatever Apple demands. Trust me, most people who buy iPhones are completely oblivious to the app store rules and review process.
- dkonofalski 3y agoThat's irrelevant. Both iPhone users and app developers have options on both sides. Developers can ignore Apple's platform and end-users have lots of options for phones that aren't iPhones.
- grishka 3y agoYou keep pretending that this problem can be solved if everyone "just" ditched iPhones for Android or Windows Phone or Symbian or whatever. Sorry to disappoint you, but this is not how the world works.
- dkonofalski 3y agoI’m not the one pretending. You’re pretending like people don’t have a choice in what phones they buy. They do.
- heavyset_go 3y agoIn the US, iOS has the majority of the market share, so it is the first most popular mobile OS.
- grishka 3y agoAnd in Japan iirc. In the rest of the world, though, the usual situation is around 2/3 Android and 1/3 iOS.