Note too that Apple takes nothing from Uber or Lyft transactions even though it’s very realistic those two companies wouldn’t exist if not for the App Store.
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Apple Threatens to Remove Email App 'Hey' From App Store Over Lack of In-App Subscription Option [Updated]
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Apple is such a bully, but eventually they will be stopped
They did not. See my earlier post (#29)
Apple Threatens to Remove Email App 'Hey' From App Store Over Lack of In-App Subscription Option [Updated]
Well, then I guess you better start developing for another platform then. While Apple not being consistent in enforcing their rules is not right (assuming that's true and no pertinent details are being looked over), that doesn't excuse breaking the rules in the first place. By the way, I...
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EDIT: You all can "disagree" all you want, but those are the facts. Sorry 🤷♂️ Time to start thinking with reason, not emotion.
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Because picking a fight with Spotify and Netflix would:
- piss off users if and when Spotify/Netflix get taken out of the App Store
- cost Apple millions in legal fees and involve them in a years long legal battle
- lead to massive bad publicity and attract regulatory attention
Whereas no one cares more than 5 minutes if they crush a small developer.
I agree the App store is Apple Property but the problem is If they dont offer same terms to everyone then that’s violation of antitrust rules.
Some of us use our phone for work and personal and like things seperate. Now if Apple made it so you could have two Mail instances one with work one with personal I would entirely use Mail. Instead work is in mail and everything else is in another app.
The 30% protection fee is a racket that the mafia would do to a neighborhood in the old days. This is totally illegal to shake down businesses like this.
Isn't the real issue here that some tech entrepreneur is whining about Apple taking a slice of an email service they want to charge $100 a year for? Talk about out-of-touch with reality.
Also, hasn't this guy got some history for 'staged' rants in order to increase publicity and sales?
Also, hasn't this guy got some history for 'staged' rants in order to increase publicity and sales?
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That changes when a monopoly is declared. Apple could be broken up if an anti-trust ruling finds against them.
Apple provides the means of distribution, the operating system on which their app runs, the language in which their code was written, the dev tools to create the app, the APIs that allows the app to do anything useful, and the hardware that the app is run on...
I think App Developers need to recognize that Apple is at least partially responsible for their success -- the 30% cut does seem high though
I think App Developers need to recognize that Apple is at least partially responsible for their success -- the 30% cut does seem high though
They are in the $0.5-1++ b range for sure. They don’t sell equity, hence not much information is there.
And that's the cheapest option, that's not even counting the $375/yr and the $999/yr subscriptions.
I just read through DHH tweetstorm. Clearly his beef isn’t simply the app was rejected but he doesn’t understand why. Of course the long rant gets him a lot of attention. He knows now this will get in front of Phil Schiller or Tim Cook.
Well that would be a good argument if Apple forced everyone to comply with the rules. But just like Amazon Video and Netflix can get out of their rules… then, it starts to show who’s got integrity
Not really. If 100 people have seen somebody murder a person in cold blood, there isn’t much a dependent can do to save you.
What a ****** way to think.
doesn't charge 30% for renewal subscriptions. It's half that. 30% is for the first year.
But this is going to blow up big time. If Netflix can get away with sidestepping the ap tax, so should everyone else
But this is going to blow up big time. If Netflix can get away with sidestepping the ap tax, so should everyone else