Now that small businesses had their fees slashed from 30% to 15%, all the big boys still paying 30% now care about "fair treatment for all developers."
Most of them are already on Android. Even with the lower fees they make more money on iOS. Go figure, I guess it's profitable having access to a user base that will drop a fortune on a smartphone every time a new one comes out. Who would have guessed that habitual spending behavior would be a valuable resource to cultivate.
Sure, you can have app store regulation, with the following stipulations:
1. Apple will handle all billing, you just get a check 2. All personal information will be handled by Apple, NOT the developer 3. The developer will not be able to collect or harvest *any* personal information from the device
In exchange, the developer gets a larger percentage of subscription revenue. Sounds fair to me.
2. All personal information will be handled by Apple, NOT the developer 3. The developer will not be able to collect or harvest *any* personal information from the device
And that's what the "Coalition for App Fairness" is really after.
Face it - Apple isn't giving them valuable customer data. It's never been about the 30% - there are so many workarounds (web apps, for example) that really, if it bothered them, it would be standard.
It's all about customer data, and Apple's made it impossible for publishers to
Can't all these whiners just switch to Android?
Most of them are already on Android. Even with the lower fees they make more money on iOS. Go figure, I guess it's profitable having access to a user base that will drop a fortune on a smartphone every time a new one comes out. Who would have guessed that habitual spending behavior would be a valuable resource to cultivate.
Sure, you can have app store regulation, with the following stipulations:
1. Apple will handle all billing, you just get a check
2. All personal information will be handled by Apple, NOT the developer
3. The developer will not be able to collect or harvest *any* personal information from the device
In exchange, the developer gets a larger percentage of subscription revenue. Sounds fair to me.
And that's what the "Coalition for App Fairness" is really after.
Face it - Apple isn't giving them valuable customer data. It's never been about the 30% - there are so many workarounds (web apps, for example) that really, if it bothered them, it would be standard.
It's all about customer data, and Apple's made it impossible for publishers to