How can anyone be developing an app for iOS and NOT know that their only distribution channel (aside from jailbreaking) is the App Store?
Why every iPhone/iPad owner needs to read this.
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#42How can anyone be developing an app for iOS and NOT know that their only distribution channel (aside from jailbreaking) is the App Store?
a) we were not developing for just for iOS. Our service is not an iOS only App. Our iOS App is just a tiny part of the whole package.
b) We knew App Store was the only channel, we also knew paid apps have to pay 30%. We, like many other people here, just were not aware that cloud storage apps were required to pay a 30% fee too.
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Why don't you just do this then?
Yes, we are working on this. But being a startup, we will be really hurt by this. No iOS customers are going to use our service. However, we would be happy to lead the change. If this becomes a trend, and more and more companies follow our footsteps, we would be living in a better world a few years down the road :)
Sell it through Cydia to jailbroken ios devices
Re: Why every iPhone/iPad owner needs to read this.
#44Fyi, google play store does not allow 3rd party collection of in app Billing, if you use google play store. A clear market is mobile app distribution
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why don't you just do this then?
Yes, we are working on this. But being a startup, we will be really hurt by this. No iOS customers are going to use our service. However, we would be happy to lead the change. If this becomes a trend, and more and more companies follow our footsteps, we would be living in a better world a few years down the road :)
>No iOS customers are going to use our service.
I think you oversell the price sensitivity of iOS customers. Once you're out of 0.99 land, people will pay for things.