"How much would hosting your app and doing payment processing yourself cost you a year?"
Ahh but I am not talking about the 30% Apple takes off the price of my app when sold through the Apple Store ; The AppStore itself is another sharecropper management device but never mind that for now
I am talking of how much it costs me per year to put my program on my device. The commission on sales (which arguably pays for hosting and payment processing) is a separate issue.
The latter is arguable. The former is indefensible.
Look, no one is arguing you shouldn't sell your soul to Apple. It is your money, go right ahead.
The OP asked why people balked at paying 99$ (every year). I was just explaining why some of us unenlightened developers refuse to see the light ;-).
Ahh but I am not talking about the 30% Apple takes off the price of my app when sold through the Apple Store ; The AppStore itself is another sharecropper management device but never mind that for now
I am talking of how much it costs me per year to put my program on my device. The commission on sales (which arguably pays for hosting and payment processing) is a separate issue.
The latter is arguable. The former is indefensible.
Look, no one is arguing you shouldn't sell your soul to Apple. It is your money, go right ahead.
The OP asked why people balked at paying 99$ (every year). I was just explaining why some of us unenlightened developers refuse to see the light ;-).