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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by hungerstrike on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:25PM (#15066077)
Do you think Adobe doesn't put the real Photoshop in Apple's Mac app store because of sandboxing?

Nope. The really big hurdle is the 30% cut that Apple wants to take.

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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by astrodust on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:08PM (#15067423)
It's not in Adobe's best interest to hand over that portion when they have proven demand for their product and a distribution system (Adobe Cloud) of their own.

For smaller devs the store should provide a better marketing and sales platform, and so be worth the 30% cut. Steam, as an example, seems to work out alright for most companies but not everyone.

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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by Synaesthesia on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:02PM (#15066342)
It certainly contributes. Rewriting an app as complex as photoshop for the App Store would be a daunting task.
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