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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by bsaul on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:28AM (#22189815)
I don’t understand your comment. I have other sources of revenue, mainly doing development for customers. I didn’t bet everything on that app and raised money on the expectation this would be a gold mine. I’m just stating a fact : without those 30%, in my present situation, i could live only based on this app revenues. With the 30% cut, i can’t.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by rbrtl on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:12AM (#22199976)
I understand, I was inferring some blame on Apple's part from your commentary -- as though they were denying you a living from your app. Anyway, thanks for the discussion. Probably shouldn't necro this thread any more than I have :)
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:46AM (#22190152)
I’m sure most people could live off of less revenue if they didn’t have any expenses.

But, a niche product where people aren’t willing to spend money is a business model problem.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by bsaul on Thursday January 30, 2020 @08:02AM (#22191016)
That's one way to look at it. All businesses come down to balancing income with expenses indeed. All i'm saying is that 30% cut on the income by apple makes it harder , and sometimes impossible , for some business model to survive.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by zepto on Friday January 31, 2020 @11:53AM (#22203154)
This raises the question ‘harder than what’?

The services provided by the App Store would have to be present for the business exist at all.

So without the 30% Apple charges those businesses would certainly not survive unless they paid someone else for the services.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:01AM (#22191308)
Understood.

But do you know how many businesses would die to be able to sell products that had a 70% gross profit margin?

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by bsaul on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:56AM (#22191672)
I'm not sure about your calculation. A business with only 29% gross profit margin wouldn't be able to survive on the app store because they'd have to give 30% to apple.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:53PM (#22195451)
Where did you get 29% from? I’m assuming that you are the only developer working on this (you didn’t say otherwise), for every $1 that someone spends, you get .70 cents.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by bsaul on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:18PM (#22203419)
But then why do you assume i've got no expenses ? Just because i'm the only one working on it doesn't mean i don't have to pay myself something to live. That's actually my point : the app doesn't generate enough revenue to cover my personnal expenses.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:44PM (#22204884)
The marginal profit is the price the good sold for - the marginal cost. The only thing Apple has to do with this is the 30%.

The only fixed cost imposed by Apple is the $100 developer fee and whatever it cost to buy a Mac.

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