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South Korea Could Ban Apple From Requiring Developers to Use In-App Purchase System
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Right, but what happens when all the big players revoke their app from the App Store to avoid the 15% fee and it becomes as baren as the Mac App Store? Then where will the money come from to support the indie devs who rely on the App Store services?
read the reply below that.
regardless, i don't understand your argument. if you're saying Apple did do the analysis, they are legally required to hand over the evidence to Epic.
Agree 100%. I don't care either who makes the money. I just want to be able to upload what I want without Apple having to make moral decisions on it or in other cases even if they think it might be bad for their future business interest.
So?
Why should Apple only get to profit? Why not Epic? Or PayPal? Or WeChat Pay? AliPay?
To have a low $99 Dev program, Apple's business model relies on income from in-app purchases. It's the whole inkjet printer or razor blade business model all over again. It's flawed and shouldn't rely on long arm revenue.
I couldn't care less about any AppStore. iOS devs should enjoy the same privileges as macOS devs. That means they should be able to sell their app directly to the user instead of being an apple contract employee. They should have the freedom to choose another AppStore not connected to apple or remain in the apple store and continue to allow apple to syphon off their money. A two trillion dollar company nickel and diming small devs that are struggling to turn a profit is disgusting.
Apple: We will require $100 from you before you can release your app.
Dev: but my app only costs 99 cents. I will need to sell 100 of them just to break even.
Apple: No, you actually need to sell 118 of them because we are also taking 15%..
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most of the app store money comes from freemium IAP. average consumer does not know what the price of each microtransaction before using the app. also it's impossible for the customer to accurately compare prices since the content you receive from each microtransaction are not easily comparable to a competitor's microtransaction.
Power to you. I use an iPhone partly because there are no other stores and everything is simple and safe. Why should my system be forbidden? There obviously is a choice.
Apple is not the only one to profit!!! Developers still get 70%. Do you really want to trust each individual developer to find a reputable system to charge you for IAP? At the rate businesses get hacked I would really prefer that Apple was handling it. That is not to say that Apple can't get hacked but it would be harder to hack them versus some homegrown IAP payment system.
Do you really care if it is Apple or PayPal? And no thanks to WeChat or AliPay, hard pass.
If you buy an electric toothbrush in Walmart, they don’t force you to buy brush heads there, do they?
Listen to the (old) Macrumor comments, have the "courage"! Pull out of the South Korean Market! It is Apple's App Store, Apple's iPhone, they can do whatever they want. /s
It's a choice many people would like to make rather than assume all developers and payment platforms are incompetent or full of risks.
Why would Apple need to release anything? It’s the app handling transactions, validations and fulfilment. Apple is the third party here. App is the first party, user is the second party.
You can pay more to use Apple’s IAP system for convenience. Just like those fee based ATMs.
Side loading without signing certificate enforcement can create a piracy and mod issue though.
oh look, its the tired old piracy argument with a sprinkling of mod thrown in for good measure.
It’s okay to implement side loading, but apps must be signed and PKI verified. That’s all.
It's also a choice some don't want to have to make. I for one like things just the way they are and so do a large number of others. It is frustrating on my Mac when I want an app but it is not available on the store, how do I know how reputable their payment system is? In most cases you don't even know who they are using! At least when things are curated in the Apple app stores I can feel more confident that the payment systems are secure. Nothing is guaranteed in life but I sure trust Apple more than some unnamed independent or the CCP.
The fact that people think this will lead to lower prices is comical
If this passes, that fee is very likely to be increased to make up for lost revenue