Apples platform Apples rules. If they really wanted to they could revamp and really lockdown things. Mite be a good thing mite be a horrible thing.
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Japanese Developers Criticize Apple's App Store Policies and Approval Process
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Apples platform Apples rules. If they really wanted to they could revamp and really lockdown things. Mite be a good thing mite be a horrible thing.
What are you the UN ? Apple can block anyone or any country they want? In the end there will be negotiations but I seriously doubt that Apple will give in. Like I've said and countless others, Apples platform Apples rules. Don't like it move along.
There are lots of little gems from independent developers you would miss out on. It isn't just the costs of hosting that app but discoverability and marketing. You would need publishers again, publishers that don't want to take a chance on this Angry Birds thing because it doesn't play like other games already out there.
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" Some developers even rely on a third-party service called iOS Reject Rescue, which helps them navigate through Apple's approval process if their app is rejected. "
This tells me the problems are more real than imagined. The fact that Japanese developers are making the complaint merely compounds this.
This tells me the problems are more real than imagined. The fact that Japanese developers are making the complaint merely compounds this.
I dont believe that for a second. The AppStore was launched in 2008, just a year after the initial iPhone launch. It was likely planned all along. The APIs for such a new platform were likely still in flux, incomplete, and lacking documentation when the phone was first introduced, so they didn't open it up to 3rd party developers for a year..... but that was too quick for them to wait months to see what was going on, say oh, no one is making web apps, what should we do? Oh I know, lets publish our APIs, build an App Store, a review process, staff it all, and a developer program. Apple doesn't move quickly on decisions, their product pipeline is years deep.
I think you are forgetting about Installer.app and Cydia. They existed before Apple "created" the app store.
So devs want the "right" to exist for free in the app store (no cost to consumers), and also not pay Apple on in app purchases? How on earth, then, is Apple supposed to make any money? Maybe Apple should just eliminate free and charge for every app, instead.
These all sound much more valid complaints to me than Epic's childish machinations to pay 0% for access to Apple's customers and establish their own store with their own draconian rules.
By the same token, it shows that Apple restrictions are pointless and useless. They do inconvenience iDevice owners though.
Is anyone claiming that Apple broke the law of some country? I‘m pretty sure no one is
Agreed! From what we know of statistics and behavior, if it's being talked by this many we can probably assume that it's 4-5% probably much less that raised their voice, meaning that this is one huge ice berg.
I sometimes wonder what it would be like today in an alternate universe where iPhones only had web apps. And how that would have affected iPads.
It’s still apples infrastructure. And “inconveniencing” Idevices owners is not binary. It’s a gray area.
lol, so does Safari. Should they provide a explanation why in this case as well?
This is rich coming from the Japanese.
I've been publishing apps for several years now.
There was a tax form that you could optionally complete and submit to Apple to request non-resident/non-tax exemption from Japan for all app sales in Japan.
It was something like 20% that Apple had to automatically deduct and handed over to Japan each month on all your sales within that country.
The tax form was only available in Japanese and could only be submitted once. (from google researching I found that it usually wasn't successful for those who submitted it)
After trying to have a go at it I gave up. I didn't get that much revenue from Japan and 20% of what I did get wasn't worth my time and effort.
Just looking now on App Store Connect I see no sign of Japanese tax options in my account. Things may have changed.
I've been publishing apps for several years now.
There was a tax form that you could optionally complete and submit to Apple to request non-resident/non-tax exemption from Japan for all app sales in Japan.
It was something like 20% that Apple had to automatically deduct and handed over to Japan each month on all your sales within that country.
The tax form was only available in Japanese and could only be submitted once. (from google researching I found that it usually wasn't successful for those who submitted it)
After trying to have a go at it I gave up. I didn't get that much revenue from Japan and 20% of what I did get wasn't worth my time and effort.
Just looking now on App Store Connect I see no sign of Japanese tax options in my account. Things may have changed.
Modern CDN's charge about 2 cents to deliver a 1GB game, with no minimum (sometimes my bill is 1 cent per month) and even better pricing for high volume customers.
Assuming the game is financially viable at all, bandwidth is almost free.
What's gray about it? With Apple restrictions iDevice owners are restricted to using web browser for certain activities. Without these restrictions they would have additional option of using specialized apps. Show me the gray area.
Apple does not help with any content delivered by the apps. They still charge for it though (subscriptions etc.)
The grey area is that customers who buy these products have to do their homework. Example: Are people who buy a car like the civic inconvenienced because they can’t tow a full trailer ?
Apple is not forced by law to make their products act in a way that they don’t see fit. It’s up to the customer to do their homework. That’s the grey area.