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Yeah I guess this is why app stores never took off, with their Draconian 30%-off-the-top fee model.
by bishnu 13y ago
Yeah I guess this is why app stores never took off, with their Draconian 30%-off-the-top fee model.
- MatthewPhillips 13y agoI wouldn't use app stores as a positive example of what Helpouts could do for the services industry. There aren't many companies successfully making money selling software in app stores. And certainly no one is doing gangbusters.
- mason55 13y agoThe difference being that I can sell the time I'd spend on Helpouts as consulting time at $x per hour. There was no alternative to the appstore if you wanted to reach mobile devices.
- r00fus 13y agoWell, there was - web apps, but discovery/market outreach, payments management, versioning and distribution are all issues that the App Store assisted with/handled thus warranting most of the 30% cut. In this case, there are other forums and other ways to get "helpouts" not to mention if it really does take off, expect other major sites to launch their own helpouts efforts and ignore Google's offerings.