• F_A_28@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    How to summarize the app store in one sentence: pdf reader app with 60euro yearly subscription

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      1 year ago

      And whose fault is that? Greedy apple wanting to take a cut.

      Confused the hell out of me as to why I couldn’t see kindle versions in the amazon iOS app

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          1 year ago

          I mean I get that apple charge a percent for the app, they are hosting it. But why should I have to pay them extra for content I consume directly via the app?

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        1 year ago

        That old model just wasn’t sustainable. Developers needed to constantly sell copies to new customers just to keep the lights on. It worked for small-time, one-off apps like a pdf reader but for games, particularly with multiplayer or online features they have to pay employees salaries and server costs too.

        At some point the customer base was maxed out and sales slowed.

        I went back in my app list to the beginning when the App Store launched and so many of the companies that made those early apps are just gone now. Blaming Apple as being greedy is reductive and overly simplistic.