Re:Today’s developers don’t need what the App Store offers
by cageface on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:03PM
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A lot of people buy iPhones because of the superior app ecosystem and that's all thanks to developers, including those making free apps. So it's false to say Apple makes no money off free apps.
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Re:Today’s developers don’t need what the App Store offers
by maguay on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:56PM
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Author here, that’s an excellent point, one I overlooked with that statement and that Apple seems to be overlooking in their letter to the Hey team as well, where they said
> “We understand that Basecamp has developed a number of apps and many subsequent versions for the App Store for many years, and that the App Store has distributed millions of these apps to iOS users. These apps do not offer in-app purchase — and, consequently, have not contributed any revenue to the App Store over the last eight years.”
Which shows how unlikely Apple is to back down here, unfortunately.