[OT] Mac App Store

[Jim Sims]

On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:01 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Looks like staying in the Mac game is about to get more expensive for everyone, from tool makers to developers and to some degree consumers as that 30% tax starts to get spread around.

If this ends up like iPhone/iPad apps then prices drop to 99¢  for that app you spent months building. Then Uncle Steve takes his 30% - You get about 70¢ when you sell one. A few days go by and your app is buried under ten thousand other apps.

This does not sound like it's worth the effort.

sims