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I'm continually amazed that iOS developers demand more from apple. It's not enough to simply provide a lucrative marketplace, I guess.
by endlessvoid94 14y ago
I'm continually amazed that iOS developers demand more from apple. It's not enough to simply provide a lucrative marketplace, I guess.
- kls 14y agoSure that is one way to look at it, but I have a different view given the fact that Apple takes 30%, to me I view Apple as being paid to provide a service. The fact that Apple takes such a high cut, makes them at least a little beholden to the developers of that platform. As well for a good deal of developers it is not a lucrative marketplace and for many of them it is due to the blatant app cloning that is taking place. The problem is in the question what constitutes a clone. Apple has answered the question by staying out of it, but doing so has cost developers revenue. But the alternative could be worse where anything that remotely performs similar functions would be considered a clone. It is the most rampant in games and I hope if they do step in the resolution on applies to games.
- endlessvoid94 14y agoThe thing is, they're NOT being paid to provide a service. When you participate in the App store, you're sharecropping. It's very, very different. They basically break even on the app store. The 30% is there to cover the costs, not to "profiteer".