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by kunalgupta 1054 days ago
Their mistake was that they built something hard that was literally a clone of Shopify. It made it hard for anyone else to want to compete with, but it was exceedingly easy for Shopify to compete with. Most Shopify apps build features that Shopify doesn’t have, and therefore the App Store revenue share model makes more sense for Shopify.