Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf...
by donmcronald on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:48PM
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> When I was in college I interned at a company that negotiated retail placements for stuff like software. The 30% slice is a much better model than the terms our customers were stuck with.
When I was in middle school a computer costed as much as a small car. Times change. Physical distribution of most software is dead and the associated costs are completely different now.
Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf...
by Spooky23 on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:00PM
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Only for the tiny sliver of direct sales. There’s a whole industry of middlemen that exists for various reasons.
Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf...
by gogopuppygogo on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:57AM
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Agreed. Channel margin can exceed 30% commissions for enterprise SaaS.
I see more of an issue with Apple telling Telegram how to moderate their platform than with the high fees for distribution on the platform.
When I was in college I interned at a company that negotiated retail placements for stuff like software. The 30% slice is a much better model than the terms our customers were stuck with.
In some cases, software people lose more in the channel for commercial software as well — companies like SHI skim the cream for doing almost nothing. I can say as someone running a big enterprise org that there is no chance in hell that I’m wasting time negotiating terms with little companies, but Apple’s App Store model makes it possible to buy stuff.