It's called software and it is well established that the publishers and creators of software have rights to dictate how their work is distributed.
The PS5 is no longer in Best Buy's store but is still running an OS licensed by Sony so you are always in Sony's "store" and thus subject to Sony's commission for anything bought on the platform. (Or any initial physical disc sale, they can't control the aftermarket but they sure do get a percentage of every new game disc sold)
I think it would be a good service for some here to have to relive the days of mailing a $29 check to a shareware author and waiting weeks for a serial number in the mail.
Exactly --- They screwed themselves from the beginning with this policy and now you see how world governments are moving in to shut it down! Its not like we are living in your world where no one is complaining about this practice and every government is okay with it. Every government is literally looking to stop this.
But the jail break precedent clearly established that consumers can run whatever software they want on the devices they purchased.
You indirectly are, rules and laws applies to you, states cares and demands of you.
We don’t need independent app stores we just need Apple to allow developers to use different payment options if they so choose. I believe the Google Play store allows non-game apps to use their own IAP. I really wish Apple would stop saying this is about security since IAP only applies to digital goods. Surely Apple isn’t saying the ride I purchased via the Uber app wasn’t secure because it wasn’t using their IAP.
There are hundreds of thousands of shopping centers or malls that a tenant can go to. There are only two app stores.
Apple could decide to pull the App Store from South Korea. Or get their 30% by other means. Either way the consumer imo in general will not get the benefit.
Once an app is downloaded to your device is it still residing in Apple’s store? And to use your analogy then why did Apple create a reader category that would allow developers to opt-out of using Apple’s IAP for digital goods? At least your argument isn’t about security. If Apple want’s to make the argument rent seeking is legit then they should do that instead of hiding behind security.
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Yet over 80% of the apps in the App Store are ‘free’. How much is Facebook or Instagram paying Apple for this management and host platform? Basically you have a bunch of game developers subsidizing everyone else on the store.
Im an iOS dev, I use in-app purchases. Its a very valuable payment processing software. You don't have to build trust with customers, its already there. You can start earning quickly. If I had the option to use 3rd party payment systems for the existing app I have, i would stick to in-app purchase - Because i sell digital goods and its way too convenient. But it MUST BE A CHOICE. I'm just one indie dev with one idea, Airbnb, Uber, Robinhood, these businesses ARE NOT POSSIBLE with Apple's in-app purchase system. Their user experiences simply couldn't exist with Apple's system. The digital economy is going through a currency revolution right now, the promise of those innovations is not possible with In-app purchase. Theres alot of innovation lost by Dictating a single one-size fits all solution and thats a big problem (Apple knows it too thats why services and physical goods get a pass to use 3rd party payments. Hell, Apples uses stripe for apple pay on the web. Pyyments is not apples core competence)
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How do you not know the iCloud storage revenue isn’t “subsidizing” the App Store? Apple isn’t forcing a price on any app. The App Store wouldn’t shut down if every app sold for $0.
It’s Apple who keeps wanting to change the subject to alternate app stores or sideloading because I guess they feel they have more people on their side opposing those things. Of course most consumers don’t care about IAP because most apps are free or free with ads and consumers just put up with the ads (especially now that it’s becoming a lot more expensive to remove them).
Yeah they could decide move out of South Korea, but this would not be a very clever move, simply because they will face more or less the same in other countries. The China deals shows that Apple doesn't give up a market because of rules and laws.
Whatever is subsidizing the App Store is clearly more than enough to cover the cost of running it. This isn’t about that any more it’s about ‘services’ as a revenue and profit generating business. And I’ll bet the largest component of services revenue is App Store IAP and most of that is coming from games.
Those 900 apps probably use fewer than 10 different payment processors, though: PayPal, Square, etc. I used to build websites that interacted directly with payment gateways, but the security regulations got so strict and the integration options got to easy that it became easier just to integrate with these processors. Now as a developer, I never see and am not responsible for securing the customer's payment info. I acknowledge there's some degree of personal preference in what company you like, but I don't think you can claim that Apple Pay is significantly more secure or reliable than the other major payment processors that most developers will use.
