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Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by bipolarla »

VonLipwig wrote: post #53

I sympathise with the developers plight and this is a reason why I haven't wanted to get into App development. If your not battling people cloning your games, you have a constant axe swinging above your head that the app store may find fault with your App and remove it. You then have changing rules and requirements in the App Store.. The thing that bugs me a bit though is how the developer is asking for money. "Save…

Hi Von, you are right abuout financial planning. Sadly, many live day to day or month to month. This is sometimes true of startups trying so hard to build a business from scratch. I feel for Bryan in the article. He took time to build something and allowed Apple to share in the revenue and used their forum to sell it to the public. Sadly, there are so many horror stories when a big entity is controlling markets. I know of many stories where Google sandboxes websites and they are no longer able to be in the natural search results. I also know personally of Google choosing not to allow ads. In one instance the ads were going to compete against AT&T who is one of their largest ad spenders. Is it a shock Google did not "allow" the smaller and less funded company? Ebay also knocks down and kicks out many smaller sellers. I know these large companies don't always mean hard but they many times hurt the little guy. How about in China where a site can be shut down for no reason except the government chooses they don't like it. If you are a creator you need numerous income streams and cannot rely on one company be it Google, Ebay, Microsoft's Bing, Apple or anything else. Always be on your toes and never take things for granted! This is a huge business lesson learned in the hard knocks of real business.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by neebz »

I know the job market sucks but I've been to many countries and if there's one industry with tons of demand and limited supply; it's software development.

it's hard for me to accept that an iPhone developer is down to live on donations in the current job climate.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by potatolicious »

rbarooah wrote: post #58
madmaze wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We should start a poll to see how common this is

I'd like to hear more details before a poll would be meaningful. With that kind of money owing, wouldn't legal action be a reasonable option by now?

Legal action from an independent dev against Apple is like challenging an aircraft carrier with a golf club.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by rbarooah »

potatolicious wrote: post #63
rbarooah wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like to hear more details before a poll would be meaningful. With that kind of money owing, wouldn't legal action be a reasonable option by now?

Legal action from an independent dev against Apple is like challenging an aircraft carrier with a golf club.

Not so if they owe him "$13,860".

Having a lot of money and a big legal department doesn't automatically make it easy to get out of unpaid debts. Courts take these things very seriously.

If there's a contractual get-out clause that allows Apple to avoid payment, or if there's something in the developers actions that has created ambiguity, then it would be good for all of us to understand the details.

A poll that basically says "hands up if you think Apple owes you money" is not informative.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by Mythbusters »

HokuaSoftware wrote: post #41
Mythbusters wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course there is Windows desktop that does not have such limitations and a much broader distribution that any other platform.

broader distribution than any other platform, except the web.

Sure. That's another way to release the software if it works for you. The article talked about a software released via mac appstore. So obviously web was not an option for him for some reason.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by Mythbusters »

SomeCallMeTim wrote: post #44
Mythbusters wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Diversification really helps. Basing something on a single platform, particularly one that is so tighly controlled is suicidal.

Great in theory, but there really isn't a good way to diversify if you're making apps. Yes there's Android, and some apps can make as much or more money on Android, but even if the app is making the same amount on both platforms, iOS kicking you out for no good reason could cut your income in half, which can put a company out of business almost as quickly as cutting off all of their money, if they've grown it based o…

Given the kind of draconian control apple has on its store, there is always a risk if you are part of the ecosystem. But earning half income is still better than none right? Besides now windows has app store too and a much bigger distribution. If you don't like Apple's terms and your other platforms are making enough money you always have an option of kissing goodbye to apple. My point is that diversification gives you options.

Both androind and Windows provide guidelines to port over your applications over. So I don't think this option exists only in practice.

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by Valdemar »

And this is why app-stores with single-sided and super-rigid rules are a BAD thing. They operate as a black box, with you having NO way of knowing why, how, if, when or what is going to happen. This is why Chrome store, Windows Store and the App store and all the others are just bad for business (in general). If they decide they don't like it, then you're fucked!

You just DON'T trust a single entity to handle all your sales and finances while they have ABSOLUTE power to terminate their service any time they want. Have a backup, sell it on your own web site.. oh no you can't because this is Apple...

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by megablast »

redact207 wrote: post #57
VonLipwig wrote: post #53

I sympathise with the developers plight and this is a reason why I haven't wanted to get into App development. If your not battling people cloning your games, you have a constant axe swinging above your head that the app store may find fault with your App and remove it. You then have changing rules and requirements in the App Store.. The thing that bugs me a bit though is how the developer is asking for money. "Save…

further, if Apple has an issue, why does begging for donations become his first option? If he's a freelancer, can't he get a short term gig? Or a short term job? Seems a bit weak...

Can he not setup a another developer account, and submit the app again?

Re: Save My House From Apple

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Post by ekianjo »

A typical example of putting all your eggs in the same basket. When you are an app developper, distributing your software in different platforms/means would probably reduce the risk of that happening.
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