I know, right? Epic sells almost all of its vbucks outside of the App Store = 0% commission
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Snap is 'Happy' to Pay Apple's 30% Commission Rate, Says Evan Spiegel
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Snap's ship has sailed. At this point, he will do anything to make it relevant again.
No app deserves a free ride to use Apple’s servers and APIs to sell their own products while giving Apple 0.0%. Imagine if Best Buy had to stock empty boxes that referred you to buy their products on Amazon? And Amazon didn’t pay a cent for the privilege?
so much wrong with this where do I start? monopoly - no, not even close by any definition of the word. anti-competitive? hmm why are there so many apps in the App Store? Certainly not because of keeping competition down. 30% of profits, you should look that one up, a commission is on sales price, not profit. Accounting 101. Finally, here it is folks, almost every developer in the world can sell subscriptions, vbucks, or whatever through their own web sites or an alternative aggregator (App Store) then download their apps for free and have customers log in. Badda Bing, Badda Boom!
Which will come? Try “came and went”.
iAd App Network announcement | Apple Developer Forums
I also have a pocket full of links.Which will come? Try “came and went”.
iAd App Network announcement | Apple Developer Forums
developer.apple.com
As Apple tightens the screws on ad tracking, it's preparing a new ad format of its own. People briefed on the plans reveal its pricing model and targeting options.
The ads will be sold on a cost per thousand views basis and offer advertisers some limited targeting options, execs briefed on the format said.
www.businessinsider.com
Spotify would most definitely exist without the iPhone.
Of course, look at ALL the FREE adverting they've gotten over the years !
Apple sucks @ "App Discovery," @ as such, Snap hasn't had much new competition to worry about !
And I'm sure Speigel knows that !
For example, why are there NO domain-specific versions of Insta OR Snap ?
Such apps could-be & would-be tailor-made for their particular market segments / focus.
And as such, far superior to Insta OR Snap in those areas.
Under Cook, because of Apple's weakness in App Discovery, the Apple Ecosystem has become stagnate !
Apple sucks @ "App Discovery," @ as such, Snap hasn't had much new competition to worry about !
And I'm sure Speigel knows that !
For example, why are there NO domain-specific versions of Insta OR Snap ?
Such apps could-be & would-be tailor-made for their particular market segments / focus.
And as such, far superior to Insta OR Snap in those areas.
Under Cook, because of Apple's weakness in App Discovery, the Apple Ecosystem has become stagnate !
And that is not even the half of it. Apple runs the marketplace, advertises the products, provides the resources to have the products developed in the first place, and enables the electronic commerce and collects the bills from subscribers, and no where is it ever prevented (Like Epic from selling vbucks on its own and using them as a subscription). In fact you could even have an outside App Store to market the products on the web, collect subscriptions and sign users up, then have them download from the App Store. - 0% commission.
If only Apple would charge what the market charges, like hmm lets see, the market charges - oh wait, 30%! Damn apple, not a penny more!
Maybe Epic should propose a fixed fee service, some ungodly amount every month, but no commission, continued presence on the App Store, continued privacy and security from the App Store, and sell all its subscriptions on its own!
At least Apple is a company that is majority owned by outside shareholders, online Facebook for example. Do you prefer to build the Mark Z funds for yachts 3/4/5.
Not one of these companies has suggested that they would lower prices. The only thing that changes is which company makes what percentage of the dollars collected.
Yes, but MY link doesn’t require a subscriptionI also have a pocket full of links.
As Apple tightens the screws on ad tracking, it's preparing a new ad format of its own. People briefed on the plans reveal its pricing model and targeting options.
The ads will be sold on a cost per thousand views basis and offer advertisers some limited targeting options, execs briefed on the format said.
Snap is happy to make Apple the first 3 trillions dollars company with your money.
That's cute and brings a tear to my eye. Such loyalty to Apple is beautiful.
That's cute and brings a tear to my eye. Such loyalty to Apple is beautiful.
Join the walled garden!Yes, but MY link doesn’t require a subscription
Snap is just sucking up to Apple at this point. Snap has peaked and is desperately trying to hold on to relevancy against TikTok and Instagram. They need to do something that's different from their competitors who are beating them, so this is it, I guess.
No they just want to be able to put their apps on the App Store and not pay. They also want to be able to have their own App Store on the App Store.
The way they behaved with google was telling. Android allows third party app stores, side loading, heck they could even set up their own App Store if they wanted to. When Fortnite first launched on android the App was not avaliable on the Play store you could only download it from Epic’s website and Epic kept all of the profits from in app purchases. Then after about 9 months they decided they wanted to have their app on the Play store. Fair enough but you need to pay the 30% commission. They were so greedy they wanted their app on the play store and then pulled the same stunt, bypassing the play store payment process and taking all the profit for themselves. This shows their true intentions. They want the benefits of using the largest App stores on each platform but they don’t want to pay for it. They aren’t noble at all. They approached Apple and asked for a special deal. They didn’t give a toss about other App developers. If Apple had given them a special deal, there would be no court case. If Apple had let them get away with their crap, there wouldn’t be a court case.
The businessinsider walled garden? I’ll pass.Join the walled garden!
Apparently this is referring to “a new ad unit that will sit atop the "Suggested Apps" page in the App Store”, which is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the iAd service that provided ads inside applications. I suppose it IS technically “In-App Ads” in that the Ad WILL be entirely within the AppStore app, and the AppStore app only.
lol they will also be happy if Apple loses the court case and Snap would no longer be required to pay. 🤣
They're a publicly traded company and aren't very profitable. Buying them would only be headaches for Apple.
Good thing that Apple charges $99/yr to get into the App Store, eh?
If I have a free App with no IAP, then Apple gets their $99 and nothing else. I could have 100 or 100 thousand or 100 million users downloading that App, but somehow Apple thinks they only need $99.
Is $99 really enough to pay for this + XCode + app reviewers? No. I'd rather see a real usage-based charge for App store resources instead of skimming % from IAPs.
Because some douche doesn’t like the Apple terms of service, that’s why we’re here.