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by steven_h 5594 days ago
He is ecstatic because his app netted him $3/user with apple taking 30%. Now that his app is free he will make $.70/month/user.

Apple was taking 30% of his profits before but has given him a way to make more money per user long term.

@nika, the reason you should not be ecstatic is because while apple did help connect your customers to your product they did nothing to ensure that people continue to use and pay for your product. You did all that work and you should feel entitled to your money.

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People continuing to use my product are now a source of profit, that's why I'm ecstatic.

One of the things we've done, for various reasons, is to not spend any money or effort on ongoing marketing or advertising. We run experiments to see if we can find customers cost effectively, but so far none of them have worked.

Therefore, literally, everybody using our product came to it because Apple connected us. Apple does do marketing for quality apps on the appstore. I'm not talking about "Featured apps" and he "Design awards" and all, that but cross selling via genius, etc.