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> I wonder why that is. Money. Apple gets 30% off your app purchase and/or in-app purchases, while it gets 30% from your subscription for the first year and 1
by mk89 3y ago
> I wonder why that is.
Money.
Apple gets 30% off your app purchase and/or in-app purchases, while it gets 30% from your subscription for the first year and 15% for the subsequent years.
So, if you think your app is worth 10$, you lose 3$ and the ability to make more money and to support its development (if you do, they have to be in-app purchases, like extensions, etc. and again 30% is gone).
On the other hand, if you sell it with a 0.83$/month subscription (= 10$ / 12months, just to be "fair"), the first year you lose 3$ but you gain later 1.5$. And btw, I don't even think 0.83$ is allowed (AFAIK the price points start with 0.10$ so you can't have weird numbers like 0.23$ or things like that), so you round it up to 0.89$/month or 0.99$/month and you gain even more money, which will be used also to keep the development going.
- outcoldman 3y agoIf you really want to make $10 from a user, you just charge them $12.99. No need for Subscriptions.
- mk89 3y agoIf you want to make 10$ you need to sell it for 14.29$ because the 30% is taken from the total. (30% of 14.29 = 4.29). Anyway, that's beyond the point. You need to find a way to support your development also for the next years.
- thrwwycbr 3y agoWanted to add that Apple's fee is pre-tax, and Apple doesn't pay taxes (duh). Additionally, the refund policy of Apple is so bad that they keep the 30% and the developer has to pay for refunds 100%, meaning it's a net loss and a lot of indie game devs got doxxed into insolvency because of this.
- mk89 3y agoWow I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing it out. That's brutal.
- latexr 3y agoIt isn’t true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23995750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23995750
- latexr 3y ago> Additionally, the refund policy of Apple is so bad that they keep the 30% and the developer has to pay for refunds 100%, meaning it's a net loss and a lot of indie game devs got doxxed into insolvency because of this. That is not true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23995750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23995750