Comment by willvarfar Comment by willvarfar a year ago 6 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Can you elaborate?My memory is that Apple _charged_ developers to make apps :)
Copy Link mitjam a year ago Next Collapse Comment - To publish something on a feature phone was much more costly, including five-figure quality approvals. The App Store was a true revolution and probably needed new players that were not as entrenched with carriers like Nokia, and Siemens. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link simultsop a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - Interesting. Nowdays people put more money to lure devs to their platforms. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link simultsop a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - Interesting. Nowdays people put more money to lure devs to their platforms. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link KeplerBoy a year ago Prev Next Collapse Comment - They still charge those 99$ a year, don't they? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link simultsop a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - I think so. But I meant no work contracts and lots of employees. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link simultsop a year ago Parent Collapse Comment - I think so. But I meant no work contracts and lots of employees. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link simultsop a year ago Prev Collapse Comment - Imagine Apple even got paid by developers and not pay them Reply View | 0 replies
To publish something on a feature phone was much more costly, including five-figure quality approvals. The App Store was a true revolution and probably needed new players that were not as entrenched with carriers like Nokia, and Siemens.