Comment Comment by cyberax And?Apple also benefitted from third-party developers writing software for its platform. Remember the "there's an app for that" ads?I think developers deserve to be treated fairly by Apple, not exploited four different ways. Because to develop for Apple you need:1. Buy Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't provide cross-platform development tools (unlike Android or even Microsoft).2. Pay $100 a year just to be able to publish the software.3. Pay 30% of the app income to Apple (this changed only recently).4. Have to endure odious restrictions imposed only because Apple wants to keep control of its platform. parent cyberax 1 year ago
Apple also benefitted from third-party developers writing software for its platform. Remember the "there's an app for that" ads?
I think developers deserve to be treated fairly by Apple, not exploited four different ways. Because to develop for Apple you need:
1. Buy Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't provide cross-platform development tools (unlike Android or even Microsoft).
2. Pay $100 a year just to be able to publish the software.
3. Pay 30% of the app income to Apple (this changed only recently).
4. Have to endure odious restrictions imposed only because Apple wants to keep control of its platform.