Show HN: My First iOS Game - Lumio

It's a girl!

And a nice game!

But why release exclusively on a platform controlled by an evil monopolist, considering you are apparently not seeking to shear the easily-parting-with-their-cash sheep that use it?

++ for sharing the source.

Most people on HN would be able to checkout and build the app, so why not just use iAd and offer an in-app purchase to remove ads (1$) for the version in store? That way you could collect some revenue and subsidize the cost of the developer license.

Monopoly of iOS app distribution due to iOS/App Store lock-in, robbing developers of $100 and 30% of all profits.

Also monopoly of iOS devices, monopoly of OSes for iPhone/iPad and control of a large proportion of smartphone market share with their closed locked-in platform.

Using Bugsnag yeah, I'm happy to say I haven't had any crashes yet! It's nice to know I'll see them if I do, plus it's free and really easy to add.

There is no monopoly.

Apple created this ecosystem and if we don't like it we can develop for any of the Android flavors and even Windows Phone.

The costs of the iOS and Mac developer programs are to keep Apple from losing money while they do all the heavy lifting for us developers.

Thanks to Apple I don't have to process credit card transactions, set up an app download system, handle refunds nor calculate the taxes to pay to the government.

For 30% of the revenue I'd consider that fair. I make so much more from sales that $99 + 30% is nothing if it lets me concentrate on what I love: developing apps!

I also used to develop J2ME games for a Japanese content aggregator back in 2005 and they took 69% of my earnings for providing the same services Apple does. I'm not being "robbed".

I'm curious, what's with the sense of entitlement? Do you really expect companies to offer these services for free? If not, what would be your idea of a fair price?