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How else are they gonna obligate developers to pay the core fee then. Once tooling catches up, in theory, developers don't have a contractual relationship with
by arlcode 3y ago
How else are they gonna obligate developers to pay the core fee then.
Once tooling catches up, in theory, developers don't have a contractual relationship with apple anymore, except to get notarized.
The devices belong to the users apple sold the hardware and licensed the software to them not app developers. They could charge the users but obviously this would be a terrible idea.
Getting notarized will either directly require payment of the platform fee or will force the use of the official tools which will mandate that.
- kaba0 3y agoNonprofits, governments etc don’t have to pay a fee, so in effect it means we will have the AppStore, and a few free, open-source alternatives. That is absolutely a win to the common people. And it’s not like other companies taken a hit - they can either stay on the AppStore and have their finances go through their “taxing”, or create an alternative store and find a proper monetizing strategy. They can calculate what makes sense, but it makes it hard for Facebook/google to exercise their network effect for creating a new app store at the expense of users.