How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day

Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by arshadgc on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:40PM (#6323248)

Yeah, it's alarming to hear that even with millions of apps, you're seeing such a huge difference between iOS and Android sales. I'm going to change my future development plans if this is the reality for everyone.

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by Zaheer on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @04:04PM (#6323395)

Ya I've actually dropped Android support moving forward. Here's some more data on the stark differences in revenue:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6193605

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by eevee on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @06:12PM (#6324204)

I'm confused; where is the difference in revenue coming from if you're selling the same product to the same number of people on each platform?

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by Zaheer on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @12:01AM (#6325462)

Oh now I see the confusion. No the cut is about the same, it's the platform itself as in its users. I don't know what it is but I suppose they just tend to spend money and click ads less. I can't pinpoint the exact reason but many other developers have experienced the same trend.

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by Zaheer on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @11:47PM (#6325407)

Exactly where you just stated yourself... the platform.

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by eevee on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @11:57PM (#6325452)

As in, Google takes a bigger cut?

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Re:How much it's worth to be #1 on Hacker News for a day by kintamanimatt on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @12:20PM (#6328580)

No, both Apple and Google take 30%.

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