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0 pointsGroxx14y ago0 comments

Gain? 30% of all application sales, instead of 30% of 10%.

I don't think they'll lock it down to the app store either, but there are plenty of essentially-reasonable reasons why they could/would.

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ugh14y ago

If you believe that Apple is making a lot of money with their App Stores, sure. But they don’t. Even with the absolutely massive iOS App Store. The Mac App Store is tiny in comparison.

It’s just not Apple’s business model.

beedogs14y ago

It's also brand new. When the Mac App store is 5 years old, like the iOS store, this discussion may seem quaint.

rmc14y ago

Exactly the Mac App Store is tiny. Make it the only way to install apps and it suddenly becomes more popular.

glassx14y ago

You and the other reply missed the part where even the iOS AppStore doesn't make as much money to warrant them running a whole ecosystem and shutting off musicians/producers/video editors/developers/hackers/enterprise users/people using Java stuff.

Apple has backed off on harsh decisions for much less than that. Remember Final Cut X? I bet the video editing community is much smaller than the developer community. Google, as an example, uses a lot of Apple laptops. They'd instantly stop buying them if that happened.

Until there's any sign of Apple wanting to close OS X, this is purely FUD.

glassx14y ago

Except they repeatedly said they're just above cut-even on the iOS AppStore. It's strongly doubtful that they'd do something like that purely for financial reasons.

I don't think they are that dumb, of course they know they would lose customers like us.

microtonal14y ago

Indeed! Look at a novice Mac user, and you understand why Apple built the MAS. No matter how easy software installation was, the process was still difficult for most users (how to handle a bundle, package, zip file). The MAS has streamlined both installation and paying for an application.

Also, it's what people who bought a Mac because of the iPhone/iPad halo effect expect.

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ugh14y ago

If you believe that Apple is making a lot of money with their App Stores, sure. But they don’t. Even with the absolutely massive iOS App Store. The Mac App Store is tiny in comparison.

It’s just not Apple’s business model.

beedogs14y ago

It's also brand new. When the Mac App store is 5 years old, like the iOS store, this discussion may seem quaint.

rmc14y ago

Exactly the Mac App Store is tiny. Make it the only way to install apps and it suddenly becomes more popular.

glassx14y ago

Until there's any sign of Apple wanting to close OS X, this is purely FUD.

glassx14y ago

Except they repeatedly said they're just above cut-even on the iOS AppStore. It's strongly doubtful that they'd do something like that purely for financial reasons.

I don't think they are that dumb, of course they know they would lose customers like us.

microtonal14y ago

Also, it's what people who bought a Mac because of the iPhone/iPad halo effect expect.

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