Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
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Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
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Re: Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
#2The flip side of course is that these apps make the iPhone/iPad more appealing to more people. I can see Apple shooting themselves in the foot with their predatory practices against app publishers. Losing a big chunk of your margin while developing apps for free for Apple's products is only going to be sustainable for so long. And more likely then not, it will drive away the big players first where each percent means more.
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#3Hmmm....and if my app gets someone to buy your iPad, what do I get?
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#4So arrogant - "We get you subscribers"!
How did they do that? They didn't create the ad, they didn't put it in the app, they did diddly-squat in fact. You (the app developer) did the work, take the risk, and now cannot even get paid properly - you have to essentially make iPhone your sole outlet, or charge 30% premium everywhere else.
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#5the only company that will kill apple is apple
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#6Hmmm....and if my app gets someone to buy your iPad, what do I get?
You get heavy promotion. Look at how Angry Birds and all the other games did by being featured on "New and Noteworthy" or "Staff Picks" or "Top Grossing Apps". It's a two-way street; don't make it sound like Apple is taking advantage of your efforts.
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#7Hmmm....and if my app gets someone to buy your iPad, what do I get?
An enormous and unwarranted sense of entitlement.
Edit: Man goes to store to buy cereal. Buys milk, too. Cereal company asks store owner "But what do we get?"
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#8"All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app."
"Apple's announcement went on to emphasize that publishers are not limited to using the App Store for subscriptions; they're allowed to use their own websites to sell subs."
So purchase can be made in Safari in order to bypass the AppleVAT ?
Re: Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
#9Hmmm....and if my app gets someone to buy your iPad, what do I get?
An enormous and unwarranted sense of entitlement. Edit: Man goes to store to buy cereal. Buys milk, too. Cereal company asks store owner "But what do we get?"
If MS tried something like this, would you be ok with it too?
Re: Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
#10Hmmm....and if my app gets someone to buy your iPad, what do I get?
You get heavy promotion. Look at how Angry Birds and all the other games did by being featured on "New and Noteworthy" or "Staff Picks" or "Top Grossing Apps". It's a two-way street; don't make it sound like Apple is taking advantage of your efforts.
I guess my point is that it really does work both ways, the iPad existing may help me sell things, and me selling those things helps sell iPads. So how about both sides just focus on taking money from the customers instead of each other.