Comments on: 30% to Apple for folks selling iPhone apps?? http://www.salas.com/2008/03/11/30-to-apple-for-folks-selling-iphone-apps/ Some stuff I just figured out Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jered http://www.salas.com/2008/03/11/30-to-apple-for-folks-selling-iphone-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-21450 Jered Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:44:36 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2008/03/11/30-to-apple-for-folks-selling-iphone-apps/#comment-21450 I don't know; I read elsewhere that if you develop for Palm, there are basically two main channels, Handango and someone else I can't remember. They both take 40-50%. Also, if you're a small business, credit card processing fees (and the terms of your contract with the processor) are truly outrageous. It sounds like a pretty decent deal. Anyway, if you don't like the terms, don't develop software for the iPhone. :-) If I were in a complaining mood, I'd complain more about the $99 certificate fee. On the other hand, as a businessman I understand what they're trying to accomplish. Single source and signed apps means that they can instantly revoke a piece of software worldwide that is found to be secretly malicious. A modest barrier to entry will also mean less crapware to wade through. It's a valid tradeoff. Heck, iPhone/Mac users have it easy... Apple gives away very powerful dev tools for free. Until recently for students (and still true in general) developing for Windows in C++ requires very expensive software suites from Microsoft! I don’t know; I read elsewhere that if you develop for Palm, there are basically two main channels, Handango and someone else I can’t remember. They both take 40-50%. Also, if you’re a small business, credit card processing fees (and the terms of your contract with the processor) are truly outrageous. It sounds like a pretty decent deal.

Anyway, if you don’t like the terms, don’t develop software for the iPhone. :-) If I were in a complaining mood, I’d complain more about the $99 certificate fee. On the other hand, as a businessman I understand what they’re trying to accomplish. Single source and signed apps means that they can instantly revoke a piece of software worldwide that is found to be secretly malicious. A modest barrier to entry will also mean less crapware to wade through. It’s a valid tradeoff. Heck, iPhone/Mac users have it easy… Apple gives away very powerful dev tools for free. Until recently for students (and still true in general) developing for Windows in C++ requires very expensive software suites from Microsoft!

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