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0 pointsa_imho7y ago0 comments

Developers pay $25 or so on sign up.

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jakobegger7y ago· 3 in thread

And after paying those $25 they are free to spam the review team with hundreds of submissions? Doesn't sound sustainable to me.

If App Stores charged a fee per submission, that would drastically cut down on spam submissions, and free up resources for those of us who actually put a lot of effort into our apps.

Avamander7y ago

Once you set a fee I know apps will be updated less often, it'd be sad for open-source apps - which I'd say are the most useful of all apps on Google Play.

zentiggr7y ago

So a fee on initial submission... updates not charged. Will still put a crimp in the spam-app floods.

jakobegger7y ago

If you spend hundreds of hours working on something, paying a reasonable fee to publish it is not going to stop anyone.

stedaniels7y ago

Which barely covers a competent person sipping a coffee whilst glancing at the title of your app.

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