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> Typically 15% now. Only because of the (still ongoing) anti-trust lawsuit against them.
That 30% is also the industry standard. (Microsoft, Google, Sony, Nintendo, Epic etc). Which has only recently started to shift.
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> Since they make more from iOS users overall* * In the United States of America Many American app makers hit a ceiling when they try to expand internationally and they discover that for the rest of the world, Android is both dominant , and more profitable.
Globally the apple App Store is about 2x revenue. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/05/app-store-earns-7...
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iOS does support PWA. Notifications are not supported, but PWA is more than notifications.
Internet Explorer 9 does support HTML5. are not supported, but HTML5 is more than . Let's not mince words now. Apple purposefully cripples Safari to make native apps more competitive because they get a cut of every sale and it boosts their claims about the AppStore too.
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Do they make more from iOS users than from the subset of Android users that have phones priced similarly to iPhone?
Since they make more from iOS users overall, they definitely make more than from a small subset of Android users. My point is app developers rightly care about their total income, not about the per-capita income from a tiny slice of the userbase.
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Iphones try very hard to look like general purpose computers; that's why everyone was so pissed when they pushed that U2 album, it pierced the veil.
Apple explicitly markets that the iPhone is locked down. How is that ‘trying hard’ to look like a general purpose computer?
A more nitpick-proof way to phrase my point would be that an iphone is a general purpose computer controlled by Apple, and it tries very hard to look like a general purpose computer controlled by the person that bought it. The customers want to have their cake and eat it too; they want the power of a general purpose computer, and the security of a locked-down appliance. You can't have both, but Apple's size and popularity is a testament to how close they have managed to get.
> Eat my butt, Apple. Eat my butt, Google. Just let me publish my frickin app, you already emptied my pockets. I feel this. A few years ago, I made a joke app[1] which got a bit famous on campus back when I was in school, and the process of getting it on the Play store was literally harder than writing the darn thing. Nowadays, it even got removed from the Play store for some reason. I couldn't imagine running an app…
As a user, I'm very happy the stores impose stringent rules. "And there are all these stupid requirements. I need at least X screenshots, and they have to be this exact resolution blah blah blah. On top of that, it took so long to get approved. My ADHD brain really suffered waiting for the gratification." I would hate to browse a store where the products didn't have at least X screenshots with at least X resolution,…
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I sure believe it has been the official one. It is just that whatever the maternity care people tell you do changes. And they’ll tell you it’s official.
What country are you in? That’s definitely not common in the US. Running across a doctor telling you to do anything other than back only sleeping is like running across a doctor telling you that vaccines cause autism. I’m sure it happens, but it’s very rare.
I download the app. OK.
I enter email, a user name, have LastPass generate a password, paste that in, click on send verification email, click on the link in the email....
So I can sign in again, right? Nope. Somewhere in that process, the clipboard was voided, so I have lost that password...
...and there is no password recovery button on the sign-in page.
Sure, there is a resend validation email link, but as soon as I enter my email, it disappears under my keyboard, and I cannot access it - but it's not what I want, I want password reset.
True, I am irked beyond all reasonable belief because I was trying to do something quickly to find a movie for my GF and me, but to miss such a key point? No password reset on the main screen?
If you are going to send a verification email anyway, just skip setting the password until the person has verified their email, and INCLUDE A PASSWORD RESET LINK.
No contact us, nothing.
Nice idea, really bad execution so far.
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If you think that AppStore is a wasteland, don’t even look at Play Store unless you want a PTSD.
The Windows App Store has entered the game...
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What country are you in? That’s definitely not common in the US. Running across a doctor telling you to do anything other than back only sleeping is like running across a doctor telling you that vaccines cause autism. I’m sure it happens, but it’s very rare.
I’m in the Netherlands. I also was not referring to doctors. We have help, kind of nurses, that comes help out for about a week after birth to get the family back on their feet and up and running again while they take care of the household (secondary) and the health of baby and mother (primary). Although they obviously get medical training, they are not doctors by far.