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Having to pay is by itself a filter. So, some curation is done.

• tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  Yes, I'm really relaxed about the $99 fee as it keeps a lot of half-baked software out of the store. On the other hand the 30% fee would stop me putting my software in an app store. I know the usual argument is they will deliver extra customers however that argument seems dubious when there are 2 million other apps fighting for attention.
  • tosers4 6y ago
    The only reasonably argument for such a big % fee is that when software was shipped physically you would even have bigger "fees", as GP was saying. People are willing to pay for those 30%, as long as iOS has an healthy supply of apps, apple will keep it.
  • watermelon0 6y ago
    I'd prefer having a half-baked option, as opposed to not having an app for something. $99 per year seems quite a lot, if you are not planning on making money with the apps.