I'm suprised they've limited in-app purchases, or not given the option to demo apps.
Paying £17.99 for an app you may not like, just because Apple chose not to allow demos seems a bit sad. Also, will this mean devs can't sell the apps through their own site (e.g. exclusive)
Agreed. It's stupid and the inflexible pricing structure means that companies cannot use pricing strategies. Nor, with exclusivity, does it allow developers to use channels or other strategic sales mechanisms.
The apple 'way' works for certain things (ie low price commodity in volume - fine for 0.59p mini games) but it's too inflexible for normal business. Also the store rules prevent many applications from being distributed too.
Do you think AutoCAD or Adobe would exclusively offer their apps through just the apple store and not be able to bundle apps?
Apple store terms and conditions are a world of hurt for developers.
Think I need to go read the developer site mac store t&c first (or I may have been getting enraged for no reason
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