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by clarky07 12y ago
OP here, happy to answer any questions about the game, my experience with Swift, or my experiences on the App Store (been doing it full time for almost 4 years now) This is my first attempt at a game so I'd love any feedback you guys h
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Show HN: Pivots, my first game in Swift(itunes.apple.com)
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by clarky07 12y ago
probably just used those for easy math, or perhaps if you are in NY of SF then it's not "great" and certainly below market rates. Just because you can live on it, doesn't mean you should if the 9-5 will pay you twice tha
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by clarky07 12y ago
You are making my point for me. 330k would be the gross revenue, and 230k is what apple would have actually paid me. 230k / 4 years = 57.5k a year 330k / 4 years = 82.5k a year Perhaps you misread my comment as I'd be paying
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by clarky07 12y ago
I beg to differ. Unread is a good example. Making 42k on 1 app in a year is pretty popular. 42k isn't really enough though. Maybe 60k (which is what it would be without the 30%) isn't enough either, but it's much closer. htt
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by clarky07 12y ago
All the comments here saying the services Apple provides are worth the 30% are missing the point. The point isn't that it's unfair or that they aren't providing value, it's that the ecosystem would be better off if it wa
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by clarky07 12y ago
no, but it would certainly help. This year I will cross 100k paid to Apple, and I've been making slightly below market rates for a few years. If I had the 100k back, I would have not only gotten to market rates, but also have enough ca
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by clarky07 12y ago
I'd go with windows phone or iphone potentially now they are getting more microsoft support. No chance of the mail app getting replaced on either of those.
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Box up 70% on IPO(forbes.com)
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The Shape of the App Store(metakite.com)
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2014 Year in Review for My App Business(entrelife.com)
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by clarky07 12y ago
while i can see that appeal for people who want to get away from it all, but i can't fathom that those same people would want to live in the same building with 200 other people. it seems like the worst of both worlds.
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by clarky07 12y ago
while i'm not sure i agree that all work should be valued equally, that would be more reasonable than what a basic income implies. a basic income means you get it whether you work or not, and that is the part that I find undesirable. t
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by clarky07 12y ago
>What we need to think about is not how to get people employed, it's how to redistribute wealth so that what you earn is not somehow morally related to the job you're holding. Tell me again why you deserve to profit from my har
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by clarky07 12y ago
while true, is there someone in venture capital that isn't getting the numbers contained in this post before giving people money? revenue, profit, expenses, etc seems pretty basic. I can't imagine investing in a company without as
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by clarky07 12y ago
As an Apple shareholder, I'm thankful Tim Cook is the CEO and this guy is not. What a huge waste of 119 billion that would have been. Apple isn't a hedge fund, and they shouldn't pretend to be one. Yes Alibaba is a great comp
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by clarky07 12y ago
Aside from issues from a consumer standpoint, I was actually interested in testing the advertising for mobile apps. Unfortunately, they don't have an SDK for conversion tracking. They rely on third parties that charge for the conversio
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by clarky07 12y ago
yeah, and those large companies won't write "too old" in the documentation. there are a million reasons not to hire someone, including you simply found someone else you liked better. the case is pretty much unwinnable, why wo
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by clarky07 12y ago
It's a pass through entity. The money goes to the teams, and the teams pay taxes on it. It's not hard.
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Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola(nytimes.com)
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by clarky07 12y ago
>Hundreds of thousands are dying, and it could hit millions. 3000 have died so far. 6500 have been infected. It certainly could grow much bigger, but it hasn't yet.
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by clarky07 12y ago
i have a 4s that i got in 2011 that works fine on iOS 8. frankly their support cycle is far better than with any other options. perhaps the year old phone won't last quite as long as the new phone, but it will probably last long enough
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by clarky07 12y ago
fwiw, people have been saying that about electric cars for literally decades. perhaps this time really is different. if tesla ever makes a care normal people can afford it might happen. the battery tech is still a ways off though. right now
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by clarky07 12y ago
As far as I know patrick hasn't released sales numbers, but I'm confident that he's got to at least be glad he didn't take 100k for it.
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by clarky07 12y ago
really, cash? cash sucks in so many ways. it can get lost, it can get stolen, it takes up more room, it takes longer to pay with, you have to get coins back as change. should i go on? i thought the apple pay stuff was the best part about to
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by clarky07 12y ago
the difference might not be that big at these price points, but if you go to the extreme I'd say no because of support costs. if you can make a similar amount on free with ads and at 9.99 your support costs will be lower at 9.99. Also,
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by clarky07 12y ago
I've done it several times: http://www.entrelife.com/2012/05/how-i-went-from-0-to-50k-on... http://www.entrelife.com/2013/01/my-first-year-on-my-own-in-... http://www.ent
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by clarky07 12y ago
It's still worth something. All of these warehouses and data centers are assets if nothing else. You can sell buildings and land. Obviously that value alone doesn't justify the share price, but it does justify > 0 value. The be
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by clarky07 12y ago
No problem. thanks for sharing your story.
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by clarky07 12y ago
Great look into the harsh reality (and yet awesome optimism) of indie devs on the App Store. I've been fairly successful doing staying independent for over three years but I'm still constantly amazed at how hard it is sometimes. I

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