| > I'm surprised that so many developers are siding with Apple in this regard. I can’t speak for others, but I’m sick and tired of big corporate devs acting as if they speak for me, a small indie dev, resulting in outlets and everyday people echoing their talking points “in support” of me. They have their own interests, some of which directly contradict mine, and they only use people like me as pawns to make their plight seem righteous in the hopes of drumming up support. I was content with the 30% when I eagerly signed up. I’m downright happy with the 15% discount as a nice bonus to the point that I think the 15% is a steal for what I’m getting out of this arrangement with Apple. Of course, this is my opinion, and I have no interest in speaking for others. There’s already enough of that going around. I’d instead ask you to be open to the idea that what you’ve been seeing so far is corporate PR trickling down to you via outlets and other means and hear out the indie devs you come across here and elsewhere. On a separate note: As someone who has a legal background and practiced before pivoting to indie development, I’m surprised so many seem to think Apple’s latest move is a surprise or somehow utilizing a loophole. Legal proceedings aren’t always easy to follow, I’ll be the first to admit, but this was spelled out crystal clear in both the district court’s judgment as well as the appellate court’s judgment. What’s especially nonsense is that the likes of Spotify and Sweeny didn’t see this coming, like they now pretend.
Either they all need to fire their entire legal team or stop being coy because the courts predicted this outcome black-on-white in their judgments. |