Comments on: Is Apple making the same mistake all over again? http://www.designvsdevelop.com/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/ the department of planned spontaneity Tue, 11 May 2010 11:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.designvsdevelop.com/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-903 admin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:57:39 +0000 http://www.designvsdevelop.com/03/17/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/#comment-903 @vinnie #1 So would you spend your energy on developing a) a fee-based web application formatted for mobile devices where you would keep 100% of your revenue or b) a iPhone specific application where you keep 70%? #2 I can see the argument for the distribution/transactions, but that usually isn't more than %5-10 of your costs (thinking of CC charges, bandwidth, and some sort of mechanism to make sure that people can't *easily* copy around your code). Committing the remaining 20-25% to Apple's marketing and sales efforts seems to be a bit princely to me, especially when that's something *you* should want control over (even if you hire someone to do it). @vinnie

#1 So would you spend your energy on developing a) a fee-based web application formatted for mobile devices where you would keep 100% of your revenue or b) a iPhone specific application where you keep 70%?

#2 I can see the argument for the distribution/transactions, but that usually isn’t more than %5-10 of your costs (thinking of CC charges, bandwidth, and some sort of mechanism to make sure that people can’t *easily* copy around your code). Committing the remaining 20-25% to Apple’s marketing and sales efforts seems to be a bit princely to me, especially when that’s something *you* should want control over (even if you hire someone to do it).

]]> By: vinnie http://www.designvsdevelop.com/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-902 vinnie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:41:14 +0000 http://www.designvsdevelop.com/03/17/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/#comment-902 "Why would an iPhone developer spend large resources on developing a rich iPhone app, only to hand 30% of their revenue to Apple?" 1. 70% of something is still more than 100% of nothing, which is the current iphone developer landscape. 2. 30% doesn't seem too bad of a charge for most of your marketing, distribution, and sales channel. With the app store a lot of those three areas of your business are covered. “Why would an iPhone developer spend large resources on developing a rich iPhone app, only to hand 30% of their revenue to Apple?”

1. 70% of something is still more than 100% of nothing, which is the current iphone developer landscape.

2. 30% doesn’t seem too bad of a charge for most of your marketing, distribution, and sales channel. With the app store a lot of those three areas of your business are covered.

]]> By: admin http://www.designvsdevelop.com/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-754 admin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:49:54 +0000 http://www.designvsdevelop.com/03/17/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/#comment-754 Yeah, the "13 year old" or "quality control" argument is still essentially Apple's elitism though. (Granted, a certain amount of this exclusiveness is what helps sell their products.) The revenue cut is just a blatant money grab. Yeah, the “13 year old” or “quality control” argument is still essentially Apple’s elitism though. (Granted, a certain amount of this exclusiveness is what helps sell their products.)

The revenue cut is just a blatant money grab.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.designvsdevelop.com/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Brandon Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:43:58 +0000 http://www.designvsdevelop.com/03/17/is-apple-making-the-same-mistake-all-over-again/#comment-752 I've heard some decent arguments for the entry fee - basically, with Apple allowing people to upload apps to their store, they want to keep the 13 year olds who aren't good programmers out (the argument was stated better than that). Also, one could make a case for the developer split, but I'm not as willing to buy that argument. We'll see how it all plays out. I’ve heard some decent arguments for the entry fee – basically, with Apple allowing people to upload apps to their store, they want to keep the 13 year olds who aren’t good programmers out (the argument was stated better than that). Also, one could make a case for the developer split, but I’m not as willing to buy that argument. We’ll see how it all plays out.

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