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Night Thoughts on Testing iOS In-App Purchases
What’s the business model for an iOS app? If you aren’t just distributing an app as a freebie out of the goodness of your heart (several of my apps do work that way), and if you aren’t being paid directly by a client to create or maintain the app in the first place, and if …
Bite of the Apple: App Store Commissions
When Apple and Fornite went to war in the great battle over commission costs, Apple was left with super-expensive egg on its face. It didn’t look good for the richest company in 5 galaxies to tighten the thumbscrews on a brand from whom they’ve made $360 million in app revenue and in-app purchases over the …
Fortnite, Apple, and the Rumblings of War
It’s possible you don’t play Fortnite. 250 million people do, but we don’t really know you; you may hate prison levels and viral dances. Understandable. But Fortnite is big business for Epic Games, earning them a ridiculous $1.8 billion dollars in 2019. Fortnite is gold not just for Epic, but for any middleman. In just …
