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0 pointsClumsyPilot4y ago0 comments

"without software support, their smart devices weren't useful to users either."

Therefore, logically, Apple should be the one paying app developers 30% of their revenue. Witout them iPhone would be an overpriced paperweight.

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emodendroket4y ago

The relationship is symbiotic. iPhones need your apps to stay relevant, and developers need access to the iPhone ecosystem to be able to reach anybody.

ClumsyPilotOP4y ago

Sure, but Apple has the power, and money follows power.

dwaite4y ago

Apple pays developers 70% of their revenue. Thats where the developer revenue comes from.

ClumsyPilotOP4y ago

Unless developers get money from iPhone sales, this statemet has tenuous relationship with reality

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0 pointsClumsyPilot4y ago0 comments

"without software support, their smart devices weren't useful to users either."

Therefore, logically, Apple should be the one paying app developers 30% of their revenue. Witout them iPhone would be an overpriced paperweight.

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emodendroket4y ago

The relationship is symbiotic. iPhones need your apps to stay relevant, and developers need access to the iPhone ecosystem to be able to reach anybody.

ClumsyPilotOP4y ago

Sure, but Apple has the power, and money follows power.

dwaite4y ago

Apple pays developers 70% of their revenue. Thats where the developer revenue comes from.

ClumsyPilotOP4y ago

Unless developers get money from iPhone sales, this statemet has tenuous relationship with reality

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