Re:Why we write elementary apps in Vala (2014)
by DanRabbit on Saturday September 10, 2022 @01:51PM
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Hey I just wanted to respond to this comment real quick. This platform fee covers the cost of payment processing and helps pay for the server infrastructure. AppCenter in itself is not a profitable venture at this time and it struggles to break even. Reducing this fee would guarantee that it runs at a loss, which might be feasible to consider in the future but for right now there’s not such a wide margin in the budget to run services that lose money
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Re:Why we write elementary apps in Vala (2014)
by tayistay on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:59PM
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I actually don't have big problem with the 30%, especially for a small operation, but I do have a problem with both the 30% AND the ideologically-driven requirement that my software be open source. You just didn't provide a compelling alternative to other platforms. Your platform actually demands more of me, the developer, than Apple does, amazingly.