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Back in the day you used to have to pay a bunch of money upfront to buy the software that allows you to develop software for a particular platform, then you wer
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y ago
Back in the day you used to have to pay a bunch of money upfront to buy the software that allows you to develop software for a particular platform, then you were free to distribute your software as you wish.
If Apple is really concerned about keeping out the riff raff they could raise the annual flat developer fees.
But we all know that's not what they're actually concerned about - the app store is estimated to have 80% margins right now. They're just charging what the market will bear, and the market will bear quite a lot right now as they're part of a duopoly on smartphones.
- chiefalchemist 3y ago> they're part of a duopoly on smartphones. Well, that's another conversation then isn't it? If that's the case, then Apple and Google (Play) should be named then, yes?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y agoOnly if the justice department believes Google has been using its dominant market position to harm consumers.
- tebbers 3y agoWhich it hasn’t been because there are alternative app stores, payment processors and sideloading.