Is this an option that exists or could be added in the future?

30% off would make the pricing feel less steep

  • OnionQuest@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      Interesting, thanks for the insight

      30% def too high tho haha

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

          Def forgot they switched to 15% for the first million. That’s very reasonable

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      $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

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    1 year ago

    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

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      1 year ago

      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.