Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Oct 2008 16:41 UTC
Who said community pressure doesn't work with big companies? Apple has announced in a note titled "To Our Developers" that it has removed the non-disclosure agreement for iPhone developers, stating it placed "too much of a burden" on iPhone developers. The NDA was one of the two major problem points among iPhone developers, so the community has responded in a way that can only be described as rejoicing.
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Their distribution overhead is covered by their cut of the sale price.
Nice none quantitative observation. If you think the cost of the Developer Program iPhone SDK of $99 and $299, respectively then I presume you expect your application to produce roughly nothing in revenue for you.
Best of luck with that business model for mobile phone applications. I imagine you could offer a service support model by making sure the application needs support enough to justify the loss in sales, but then again if you don't expect anyone to really dload it you don't expect anything else but living in a sea of RED.
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2006-07-25
Apple doesn't charge as much as other providers (handango) plus they have to cover the overheads of distributing software.
Im pleased apple responded quickly and removed the NDA.