Apple loves developers
Apple loves money, and realises that without developers they won't make as much. A subtle but important difference.
Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic
by ogre_codes on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:29AM
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> A subtle but important difference.
Subtle, different, but irrelevant in this context. Apple needs developers as much as developers need Apple. There will never be a day where Apple boots all Indies from the App Store. They would just as soon change the policies on locking the doors on their retail stores at night.
Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic
by theshrike79 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:52AM
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Can you point out a company that doesn't love money?
A niggle and not contradicting your main point.
You can run and distribute you own app. You can even share it with a few hundred people (maybe a couple thousand?).
What you can't do is distribute it in the App Store or effectively sell it outside the App Store.
Again, more a niggle and not disputing your point.
> The day where apple stops indies from publishing apps is near.
This point I will dispute. Apple isn't going to stop Indies from publishing apps. Apple loves developers (though sometimes they show it poorly) and knows they are the life-blood of the platform.