What I find telling and interesting is the fact that they are charging 7.99 instead of 6.99. If they are so worried about the consumer, why are they trying to profit an extra dollar.
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Apple Removes Fortnite From App Store [Update: Epic Files Lawsuit Against Apple]
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on android you already dont have that with the fragmentation. that can be solved with something like a web seed people can be paid to host a bit storeage is trival at this point curation is garbage too much junk in the store.
the problem isn’t that the App Store exists and takes 30%. The problem is that there is NO other way to get your app on an iOS device other than to go through the app those, and thus, pay 30%. It’s a expensive toll both with only one bridge into town...pay up or you can’t enter.
Can you imagine if Microsoft had done this for windows back in the 90s? All apps had to be sold through Microsoft and they took a cut? They would have been ripped to pieces by The courts AND developers. I’m honestly surprised that Apple has been able to get away with it for so long. Glad to see that someone has the balls to stand up to them.
I’m rooting for Epic. The days of 30% stripping of devs money needs to stop
So macOS isn’t secure?
Blatantly planned, hence the ready to go lawsuit and 1984 ad.
That too. It's also a bypass of parental controls since Id guess kids and teens play this far more than working adults.
People like to pretend Epic is innocent here and its likely far from that. They want all the free eyeballs, all the money, no parental controls, and give us all the money. Cake and eat it too.
Even if very hypothetically the App Store percent was regulated to 15 or 20%, Epic will still want to find a way around it. It's not the % but the concept the dont have to pay anyone for anything.
As if Apple should bear the burden of funding the App Store maintenance, review, etc. itself on its own dime for some reason.
I already replied to this, urge you to read.........
The App Store "rules" have proven to be not only vague and varying depending on the developer, but also hurting consumers, as the non-existent payments competition contributes to raise prices.
Calling App Store's fees "usual" is more than a stretch. Not only there are only two main app marketplaces, so there is not a huge base to compare oranges-to-oranges, but other payment platforms charge significantly less than 30% that Apple takes.
And for me a consumer its a worst experience, I want apple to make all apps on MacOs only downloadable from the App Store and I hope apple silicon helps with this. One apple account with my CC details protected and the ability to purchase what ever I want with that account. It annoys me apple doesn't force Netflix to offer an in app subscription like I have for Disney and Hulu
So then how come Apple created a category of apps that are allowed to pay Apple nothing? And how come Tim Cook brags about 84% of the apps on the App Store being “free”? Remember when Steve Jobs first launched the App Store he said Apple wasn’t looking to make money off of it. So Apple’s original goal wasn’t for the App Store itself to be a money making operation. Obviously once the App Store blew up and that sweet IAP money started pouring in the powers that be decided making money off the App Store was priority #1.
It is not about the contractual dispute or actually seeking monetary compensation. This is just adding fuel to the fire. Apple is already under scrutiny. I think it is time to change this draconian anti-consumer practices and hopefully this and all the other things going on (xcloud, etc) will help.
The problem for the developper is that Apple provides only the AppStore to upload applications on iOS. For me as a basic user, it's ok, as long as enough developers provide the applications I like in the quality I like.
Will I have more good applications available if developers where allowed to provides these outside of the AppStore?
Will I have more good applications available if developers where allowed to provides these outside of the AppStore?
Why does it cost so much to pl
They just want more company.
What is the difference then. epic makes billions off this game.
They just want more company.
What is the difference then. epic makes billions off this game.
Dumb orchestrated marketing.
Nobody is forced to put their app in the App Store. The system is theirs. It is completely different on the mac.
Nobody is forced to put their app in the App Store. The system is theirs. It is completely different on the mac.
Apple would have to refund every sent they collected for this game, or face a massive class action lawsuit.
Paid subsidizes free, same as all other instances of this in life. The only other way is charge per download and that will kill off 90% of the app store.
BIG difference moderating and hosting 10,000 apps back when, versus millions with constant updates. Who pays for that cost? Are you willing to pay another $50-100 for your Apple device to cover that cost? Or the extra $1-3 on even a larger IAP?
Apple is not always the good guy with its massive wealth, surely with their wealth buildup you think they could decrease App Store costs to developers so they could make more income during the pandemic?