I was working in the office, where next doors we had a company that was doing English language learning software that was sold on CDs in book stores. Once I was talking with the owner of that company, he was investigating options to move beyond CDs, which were starting to decline (all this was like 10 or 11 years ago).
So I've told him about applications, app stores as a new kid on the block, but I've warned him about that 30% cut. The guy started to laugh and said that comparing to that what bookstores want this 30% is nothing.
Appstore has a lot of convenience, paying 30% for distribution, accounting (you just deal with a single invoice, not tones of invoices), return policy, automatic updates of applications it not that bad in the world of software.
It's not the number that matters, it's the fact that apple doesn't allow competition. Everyone is fine with the app store taking a cut. They can make that cut whatever they want. But consumers should be able to choose an alternative if they're unhappy with the app store.
So I've told him about applications, app stores as a new kid on the block, but I've warned him about that 30% cut. The guy started to laugh and said that comparing to that what bookstores want this 30% is nothing.
Appstore has a lot of convenience, paying 30% for distribution, accounting (you just deal with a single invoice, not tones of invoices), return policy, automatic updates of applications it not that bad in the world of software.