They might make fantastic products but they are right greedy ****ers, hope this bites them in the arse
Greedy Greedy Apple
Yeah it's a novel concept that Apple should get paid for selling subscriptions for publishers.
They might make fantastic products but they are right greedy ****ers, hope this bites them in the arse
Greedy Greedy Apple
These people should all REALLY stop whining. Apple has spent billions of dollars developing and marketing these products, and then everyone gets to make money off of it for free? No. It makes perfect sense that Apple asks a small amount of compensation. They went through all the work to put the product in the customers hands, and it's because of them that people have access to your app. They have a right to ask for a little money in return.
I'm going insane. No, Apple is not trying to take over the world, or scam anyone out of their money. What they're doing is perfectly legal and perfectly fair.
Apple is a company built on greed, as far back as the overpriced hack known as the Apple II. And greed will be Apple's undoing.
I have said it before and I will say it again, there is a simple solution for this:
Jack up the price 30%, offer in-app purchasing, then offer coupon codes for 30% off when purchased through your site directly.
Their argument doesn't make sense.
Of course they have to share that with Apple. Those are the rules.
If they could get away with that then every single app in the app store would be free but come with hidden subscription fee![]()
+1The free ride is over app developers. Having a "free" app on the app store where you charge money outside the app to make all your money, while utilizing all of Apple's valuable support, service, and exposure is over..
And why would you think that Apple wouldn't call that a terms violation and yank the App? And it's not like Apple will tell you in advance; they'll wait until you implement and *then* pull the rug out. This is the fundamental problem with the way the whole App Store is managed.
Yeah it's a novel concept that Apple should get paid for selling subscriptions for publishers.![]()
1. readability is a service.
2. readability removes ads but pays content publishers.
3. 30% is a whole lot for content that apple isn't really helping at all with. they do not host content. They did 'make it possible' but developers made it popular.
Regardless of the 30% cut Apple gets from purchases/subscriptions - why should not Apple get a cut of the profits generated by the apps offered for their products? As an example would be the ABC video app... if I want a one click solution to buying an episode - why should Apple not get a cut?
If I am willing to go to an external link and buy the episode - then Apple gets nothing....
Aye, they should be paid when a developer/content provider decides to use the IAP service they give. Is 30% too much ? Maybe, maybe not. Not up to us to say.
The novel concept is that Apple is forcing IAP on people that don't need it nor want to implement it. Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Readability are just fine doing their own payment processing and account management, they don't need Apple to do it for them. Why should they be forced to use Apple's service and subsequently have to pay fees that they might not agree with ?
That's the rub right there. If the IAP service was optional, as it should be, Apple could charge whatever they want for it and no one would care (it was a complete non-issue after all until this "forced IAP" came along).
This is what people don't understand. The free application ability was never intended for people who want to charge money, and in some cases a lot of money, creating free apps to circumvent the cost of doing business with apple. It was intended for people who wanted to make Free applications that were actually free, or at worst case advertising supported.
It was never intended for these companies to make "free" apps then charge people $5-$500 a month to make a ton of money off of Apple's back.
All these companies doing this and complaining about it are being disingenuous.
That's disappointing because this app would finally let you make text readable on iOS devices. Android browsers reflow the text so you can keep zooming it but on my iPod touch you have to scroll if you zoom in too far. Annoying.
No, they haven't. Not about in-app purchases. Not consistent with applying it, either. Hence their recent comments about beginning to be more consistent.Since the first iPhone, Apple has been very clear about the 30 percent fee.
Why would they change the rules just for this app? Suggesting that is stupid from the developers part. If 30% is too much or not is another discussion in itself.
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This is EXACTLY what retail stores have been doing for ages. Exposure has a monetary value in the physical world. Why not in the virtual one? Do you honestly think companies don't pay for endcap placement? You bet they do and it ain't cheap!