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Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program

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830 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 18 Nov 20 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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saagarjha ◴[18 Nov 20 11:12 UTC] No.25135463[source]▶
This is good for smaller developers, but it doesn't really seem to solve the actual problem? All the people who are willing to go to war with Apple and have teeth are making way more than that…
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breakfastduck ◴[18 Nov 20 11:24 UTC] No.25135566[source]▶
Yes but many of the larger players who are willing to go to war use the 'its not fair on smaller developers' argument against them.

This really slaps down the ability to use that.

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varispeed ◴[18 Nov 20 11:35 UTC] No.25135656[source]▶
15% is still not fair.
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simonh ◴[18 Nov 20 11:55 UTC] No.25135796[source]▶
For app store listing and promotion, application delivery all over the world to hundreds of millions of devices, access to back end services like notifications and iCloud storage, and sales transaction processing? Really?

Imagine if you had to develop or pay for all of those services individually. Your own download site, product promotion, services, a third party transaction processor, a content delivery network, bespoke cloud syncing, etc, etc.

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pg_bot ◴[18 Nov 20 12:27 UTC] No.25136007[source]▶
30% is honestly a terrible deal as Apple does not provide the value for the money they are charging. The difference is you are forced into that arrangement you don't have the option of doing it all yourself.

If you had to develop all of those services yourself, it would look a lot like the internet. None of the things you mention are particularly challenging for the modern web.

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viktorcode ◴[18 Nov 20 13:10 UTC] No.25136333[source]▶
I don't get "you are forced" part. If a deal is bad for you, don't take it.
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1. alisonkisk ◴[19 Nov 20 14:29 UTC] No.25149805[source]▶
Then you are a victim of Apple's tortious interference between yourself and your customers. Apple installs malware on every iDevice preventing users from installing apps they choose to purchase from 3rd parties.