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We actually proposed this idea to the person from Apple who was dealing with us, and although he said he can not "pre-approve" anything, but this seems to be ok
by zapdrive 14y ago
We actually proposed this idea to the person from Apple who was dealing with us, and although he said he can not "pre-approve" anything, but this seems to be ok, and within Apple's guidelines:
1. Users pay $19.99/year for 100 GB for a plan that does NOT have iOS access. This is a PC/OSX/Android only App, that has nothing to do with iOS.
2. Users pay $29.99/year for "100 GB + iOS Access" plan. The iOS app will have an IAP for the "100 GB + iOS Access" plan, for $29.99/year.
3. We wont offer the IAP for 19.99/year for "100 GB Desktop only" plan, because that subscription can not be used from iOS anyways.
How are we offering such low prices? We have worked very hard to create very efficient storage and compression technologies. We are not using a third party cloud (S3), and have built our own cloud, ground up, which drastically reduces the price. We are not offering much free space. According to our estimates, upto 50% total space on Dropbox is used by free users. Basically, Dropbox is "taxing" its paid users, to cover the charges for free users.
- gte910h 14y agoWhy don't you just do this then?
- zapdrive 14y agoYes, we are working on this. But being a startup, we will be really hurt by this. No iOS customers are going to use our service. However, we would be happy to lead the change. If this becomes a trend, and more and more companies follow our footsteps, we would be living in a better world a few years down the road :)
- SeppoErviala 14y agoSell it through Cydia to jailbroken ios devices
- gte910h 14y ago>No iOS customers are going to use our service. I think you oversell the price sensitivity of iOS customers. Once you're out of 0.99 land, people will pay for things.