Is this an option that exists or could be added in the future?
30% off would make the pricing feel less steep
My company tried transitioning app subscriptions to alternatives outside the app stores and it was not worth it. Credit card fraud was a massive issue. It got so bad the payment networks (Visa, MasterCard) threatened to ban us from their networks.
Google and Apple aren’t totally rent seeking.
Interesting, thanks for the insight
30% def too high tho haha
Honestly not really when compared to the alternative. Our net payout through alternatives was closer to 60%. We experienced a bot attack one month where we actually lost money due to generating massive transaction fees on bogus chargebacks.
I thought Google shifted to a flat 15% anyway (especially for small app developers). It’s really a no brainer for app developers then.
Def forgot they switched to 15% for the first million. That’s very reasonable
How would you download updates? Or even get updates notification? Who would support the infrastructure to download the app? For 8$, i would simply bite the bullet. It’s 27$CAD for a lifetime license damn it.
Could put it in F-Droid right?
If he decided to make Sync open source and remove ads then sure.
$27 feels pricey to me tho. 30% off of that would be very enticing but yea, idk how hard it is to implement these other payment options on the backend
Noob question, but can they do that? Don’t they have to follow play store’s rules and give the 30% cut?
Unless they use another platform for android, but then less people would use the app
They can do that, yes, but they would have to distribute it somewhere other than the Google store. This introduces a lot of extra work replacing the license management and accepting payment and possibly other benefits that I don’t know about.