developers are annoying, if you want to play in the sandbox put your big boy pants on or just leave. bunch of crybabies
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Notice to Developers: You Could Be Entitled to Between a $250 and $30,000 Payment From Apple
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Let me help you out here:
ex·tor·tion
/ikˈstôrSH(ə)n/
noun:
the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
Do you think Apple in any way threatened me, or anybody else, to engage with them? Your analogy fails, for exactly that reason.
And I take it from your answer that you are not, in fact, an app developer.
I am unconvinced that most developers actually agree with these arguments. I am a developer, and I certainly do not.
You have a choice...you don't like the price pick a different store. Based on the comments here, there are other stores. If that is no good, rethink why you decided to become a developer.
Sooooo, this is only for "US Developers" and proceeds on the US Store?
What about the rest of the world? Should non-US developers now start their own class-action lawsuit to get compensated for whatever this compensation is for?
(actually think this whole action is just dumb but hey, happy to take some of the money if Apple think is worth settling on.. look forward spending it on a new iPhone and MPB!)
What about the rest of the world? Should non-US developers now start their own class-action lawsuit to get compensated for whatever this compensation is for?
(actually think this whole action is just dumb but hey, happy to take some of the money if Apple think is worth settling on.. look forward spending it on a new iPhone and MPB!)
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fixed that for you!
Another day, another give away to iOS developers. Here is some free money for you because I know mommy is mad you are late on the rent. Good freaking lord man, get a real job and see what its like. The people that pick up your garbage work 10 times harder than you, make less money, and I don't see any articles about them suing you because you don't give them enough.
You get that's the selling point for most iOS users, right?
Apple is allocating a flat $100M for this-- that money is gone? Why would they open themselves up to another law suit, for $0 gain?
It’s sad when developers leave. There have been been some good apps I liked that I miss because they never got updated to work with newer versions of iOS. One of my favourites was an old one called Convert.
Just because these are the terms Apple set doesn't mean they are right. Contracts are built by humans and humans still make mistakes. Not knowing what the terms of the settlement are and why they were built means it's hard for us to judge. What we do know is that Apple agreed to the settlement. While not in legal writing this is an implicit admission of some wrong doing. When there is a settlement calling it "free money" seems odd unless the settlement was coerced.
You probably won't. Indy developers don't make much on the App Store.
I will certainly claim my share. Why not, all those morally bankrupt customers refuse to pay a reasonable fee to buy software because they think it should be given away.
I have linked the two failed apps by the peop that are getting (with the lawyers) the largest sum of the payouts. If one of my apps doesn’t take of then I learn and improve. These two decided to sue instead of becoming better developers. If I don’t like the terms then I don’t agree to them or try to negotiate, I don’t sue someone years down the line because I failed. If Apple have done wrong then you make a criminal case, you don’t go gold digging.
I saw, but then let's play the hypothetical that they are gold digging. Why didn't Apple fight the class action suit? Even for Apple 100M is a lot of money. They have amazing lawyers and we know this. And the lawyers felt this was their best option. I'm not saying those two apps aren't prolly trash but how would they have pulled this off if there wasn't some grain of truth to their claims?
My theory is that it is somewhere in between. I'm guessing that these companies are gold digging but stumbled across something that made for a valid class action. Other devs signed on, who were validly injured. Now maybe those two come away with the bulk of the cash but Apple had to settle so as not to have to deal with the already shakey ground the App Store is on legally right now.
My theory is that it is somewhere in between. I'm guessing that these companies are gold digging but stumbled across something that made for a valid class action. Other devs signed on, who were validly injured. Now maybe those two come away with the bulk of the cash but Apple had to settle so as not to have to deal with the already shakey ground the App Store is on legally right now.
Apple settled for pocket change (to Apple). And anyone taking the settlement signs away their rights to sue or take any other action against legitimate issues. This is a cheep way to get these two gold diggers their lotto ticket while also being able to write off any real issues in the future. Even Epic have a stronger case here.
Okay. I am very happy with my Apple products but will spend some time thinking about what to sue for.
We can argue whether 100M is pocket change to Apple or not but you pretty much hit on my point. There are real issues here Apple is trying to avoid. That is why they settled. There is something legitimate here but we don't get all the facts. Yep, those two companies are probably gold diggers, but Apple isn't looking clean in this case either. We just don't know the details of why it was settled and that's really good for Apple. It's a class action suit, though. So there's prolly some devs with a real injury case here that do deserve this settlement.
That was why I asked the question I did up front. What about the honest, legit devs in this suit? It felt to me like you just lumped them all in as a bunch of whiners and gold diggers when at a second look I'm pretty sure it's much more grey.
That was why I asked the question I did up front. What about the honest, legit devs in this suit? It felt to me like you just lumped them all in as a bunch of whiners and gold diggers when at a second look I'm pretty sure it's much more grey.
No, and neither can most developers. You have to have had apps in the iOS appstore that earned revenue.
Did he? The app may be shovelware but where did you read that the developer would get a multi-million dollar payout.
I didn’t, but I am still open to any monetary compensation that I may be entitled to