[guiltygods]

Come on..You get listing and visibility and distribution worldwide, Consumers don't have to worry about your credentials and bonafides because app store due diligence checks help keep out malicious and fraudulent apps.

People can download appstore apps without worry as opposed to some random guy publishing an open source app that most don't have time or expertise to vet.

[wayneftw]

You can't see how that's a double edged sword though?

I buy a device, I even buy a special computer so I can build programs for the device... and now I have to pay $99/year just to comfortably run my own program on my own device? Even worse, I can't even continue to digitally interface with my own customers, people who Apple never helped me land as clients, without passing through Apple's arbitrary store rules AND paying them 30%?

That's fucking dog shit and it's going to have to change, especially given that they have 50% of the market in the US.

[dessant]

> People can download appstore apps without worry

We should be given a choice to worry or not, and to do it independently from the App Store.

[FreakyT]

Yes, there are costs associated with running the App Store, but I would be very surprised if those costs came anywhere near what Apple is charging devs.

I don’t feel that Apple shouldn’t charge at all, only that what they’re charging is unreasonably high.

[saagarjha]

Not on macOS, there you’re getting the advantage that macOS doesn’t mark you as malware.