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by lprubin 2539 days ago
I’d just like to point out that Shopify isn’t a closed platform. Shopify has the concept of a private app that is not in the app store and not approved by Shopify. So a store can either build/hire an agency to build their own unapproved app using a wide variety and growing set of shopify apis. I’ve made a lot of money doing exactly that.

There also are a number of apps who choose not to be in the app store and not give up 20% of their revenue and instead market on their own.