App Store guidelines are too strict for developers, I think it will be better for mobile developer to develop their app for android ecosystem, not ios
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Submitted 2 weeks ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
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moepoi@forum.moe.onl 2 weeks ago
mholiv@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The problem with doing android dev work is that android users simply refuse to pay for useful apps. iOS users on the other hand are more open to it.
As a developer it makes sense to prioritize iOS if you like money.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 2 weeks ago
Why pay for apps when you can just sideload pirated version from dubious origin and pay with your privacy and crypto mine for the pirate distributing it?
Oh, wait, I just said the quiet part alt store advocates doesn’t want to say out loud.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bokster@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
That sounds like anecdotal evidence. Android is more popular in more than half of the world and a lot of apps are successful and generate income on both platforms.
moepoi@forum.moe.onl 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I agree if you like money then develop app for iOS is better
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Android ecosystem is not so much better.
I’ve been a supporter of web apps. Unfortunately it cuts into app store profits so it’s often shit on.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“Don’t be a scam” is the guideline being broken here.
And the consistent quality and UX expectations are a part of why iOS developers make a lot more money.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
App Store is full of scams and predatory apps. And holy shit rofl at the “consistent quality.” Steve’s been dead for over a decade and his vision of iOS has been dead for longer.
bokster@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Well, they have limited themselves to single point of failure.
That’s like selling only blue shoelaces and then crying faul when your only supplier stops making blue color.
If your livelihood depends on one account only, you are in great risk anyhow.
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll put 100 on “this user needs their account to do things which in principle need not require an account”, please.
tja@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You need an apple developer account to publish apps on the app store
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Normally I’d say that’s fine (the store hoster should decide what’s there) but it’s my understanding Apple actively opposite the existence of alternative app stores where it could be hosted.
Anecdotally Apple make it very hard to even post an app but that’s neither here nor there.
athairmor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This isn’t a “big bad Apple” story.
Just one review of the app from the article:
It also sounds like they may have been faking reviews and other shenanigans.