Re:Where Apple went wrong with free apps
by statictype on Friday March 18, 2011 @10:15PM
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If Apple is really losing money on the App Store, then maybe they ought to change the model.
Make the yearly developer license cheaper - $50 or $20 or whatever. Then charge another $20 or so every year for each app that you publish. Developers who put out a lot of apps will pay more than those who have the license but have not even released an app yet.
They could come up with a way to charge for every 'major revision' (ie, not a bug-fix update) you push out so that developers who are constantly putting up updates (and thus using more of the reviewer's time) end up paying more.
Make the yearly developer license cheaper - $50 or $20 or whatever. Then charge another $20 or so every year for each app that you publish. Developers who put out a lot of apps will pay more than those who have the license but have not even released an app yet.
They could come up with a way to charge for every 'major revision' (ie, not a bug-fix update) you push out so that developers who are constantly putting up updates (and thus using more of the reviewer's time) end up paying more.