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Can't wait when App Store model is finally dead and installing from multiple sources like I can on Windows or MacOS is normal on phones as well.
I remember when Epic tried to do this and the internet piled on them for being greedy.
Can't wait when App Store model is finally dead and installing from multiple sources like I can on Windows or MacOS is normal on phones as well.
>2025 will see the best of both worlds (we will still easily install apps, easily see permissions shared etc. - But will also get our freedom back, companies won't have 30% revenue taken, etc.). Optimistic, huh.
DHH really needs to control his temper. Instead of focusing on the discrimination of his app (while there are other apps similar to HEY Calendar, why theirs rejected), he keeps mentioning about Apple’s 30% commission but this commission only applies to small number of developers. If you don’t earn more than $1 million in a year, you only pay 15%. If you earn more than that but have subscriptions (like HEY) then you p…
No it also hurts small developers that need funding. Publishers and investors work on a hit model, giving advances to lots of small projects in the hopes that they have a hit. If all hits at taxed at 30%, then the available funding for everyone goes down. If the government added an additional 50% tax on books that sold over a million copies, it would affect funding for many more authors than the ones with books over…
"If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps." — App Store Review Guidelines, 2010 ( https://www.cultofmac.com/58590/heres-the-full-text-of-apple... ) (It often helps.)
The context is that Steve was still involve with Apple's decision. It is similar to a lot of things at Apple. They were there for a reason but it seems a lot of the context were gone once Steve was not there.
Apple rejected our stand-alone free companion app “because it doesn’t do anything”. That is because users are required to login with an existing account to use the functionality.
This is a ridiculous charge. The App Store is filled with high-profile applications that require an existing service account and simply presents a login screen when first launched. Here are just four:
Not sure if there's something else going on beneath that charge. Maybe DHH needs to take a walk with Tim Cook like the Musk man did.
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Where do you get this from?
> Apple rejected our stand-alone free companion app “because it doesn’t do anything”. It says on DHH’s blog. We can’t know for sure unless he shares a screenshot of it but more or less that is the reason because I was rejected with this same reason before.
DHH really needs to control his temper. Instead of focusing on the discrimination of his app (while there are other apps similar to HEY Calendar, why theirs rejected), he keeps mentioning about Apple’s 30% commission but this commission only applies to small number of developers. If you don’t earn more than $1 million in a year, you only pay 15%. If you earn more than that but have subscriptions (like HEY) then you p…
And, shops with no monopoly and less customer loyalty are charging by and large the same percentage. For that matter, even supermarkets charge for shelf positioning.
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It's still a valid point. Is it ok to take 15% more if you make more money? Does the marginal cost of supporting an app _increase_ as opposed to stay the same or decrease?
Depends on the app, but for some apps, the more users, the more your cost per user increases, because of the type of user in each cohort. Early adopters tend to explore and self-support more. Late majority need more TLC.
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Or Maybe you don't have all the information because it is not entirely spelled out in the blog post, they have all the engineers they need because they have experience, they already did everything you said but Apple keeps being Apple, and your advice is not needed ?
They missed their launch date due to Apple Review. That does not scream "they have the experience they need". While they may not listen, they absolutely need to hear the advice to submit earlier.
- the average processing time is 24h
- Apple advises you that things slow down between 22-27 Dec
would you say submitting on December 12th, with the goal of being ready by the second of January, is “submitting early”? Seems already extremely conservative.
In my years working with mobile, I never saw any review take longer than three days, ever. Nineteen days is an eternity and probably indicates some internal commotion going on. Who has ever sent their app for review a full month before release?