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02-09-2012, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bbpandy  Last I heard it was around 10%.....So right there you get a 20% saving just by not selling on Apple. Also, as we all know, apps are more expensive on BB AppWorld, thus increasing the profits per App. | This says 30%, but blackberry.com may just be a bunch of haters... http://us.blackberry.com/legal/Black...ment_cl_EN.pdf
Though these two posts are just two posts apart, expect the 10% to be quoted as gospel and the 30% to labelled as a vicious fanboy lie from this time forward.
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02-09-2012, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tchocky77 But back on topic,....if BB only charges the developer 10% of each sale, then that's awesome! | Oh LOL, did not take long!!!
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02-09-2012, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by belfastdispatcher "Lots of devs just don't bother with with BB at all. (Netflix) Or have seen such disappointing sales they decide BB is no longer worth the effort. (Kayak)"
Netflix app would be free anyway no? And Kayak have lost to the awsome Blackberry Travel free app.
New services will always come up and old ones will be left behind. | There is a problem with thinking like that, particularly if RIM wants to attract people that use third party programs. For instance, some folks won't want to stop idiom Kayak.
I do concede that a highly functional alternative like BB Travel is a smart move.
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02-09-2012, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by trelawrence There is a problem with thinking like that, particularly if RIM wants to attract people that use third party programs. For instance, some folks won't want to stop idiom Kayak.
I do concede that a highly functional alternative like BB Travel is a smart move.
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02-09-2012, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by belfastdispatcher How many apps has Apple killed by including the features into the OS? | MANY.
You realize there is a difference?
BB User "I want to use Netflix"
BB - NO!
BB User "I want to use Kayak"
BB - NO! User our BBTravel, it's better
iPhone User "Your phone doesn't do ___, so I found this app called ___ that does it"
Apple (a year later) "That's now included"
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02-09-2012, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Palmless This says 30%, but blackberry.com may just be a bunch of haters... http://us.blackberry.com/legal/Black...ment_cl_EN.pdf
Though these two posts are just two posts apart, expect the 10% to be quoted as gospel and the 30% to labelled as a vicious fanboy lie from this time forward. | Ooooh, okay. So when BelfastDispatcher refers to the "high cut" that apple takes,...what he means is exactly the same percentage as RIM takes. Okay. Got it.
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02-10-2012, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tchocky77 Ooooh, okay. So when BelfastDispatcher refers to the "high cut" that apple takes,...what he means is exactly the same percentage as RIM takes. Okay. Got it. | As far as I know Rim don't charge you for in app purchases, Apple does, 30% again.
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02-10-2012, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Palmless MANY.
You realize there is a difference?
BB User "I want to use Netflix"
Netflix - NO!
BB User "I want to use Kayak"
Kayak says you're not important enough, take your business somewhere else
iPhone User "Your phone doesn't do ___, so I found this app called ___ that does it"
Apple (a year later) "That's now included" | Corrected and adding - bye bye original developer that thought of the idea and now Apple are stealing it.
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02-10-2012, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Palmless MANY.
You realize there is a difference?
BB User "I want to use Netflix"
BB - NO!
BB User "I want to use Kayak"
BB - NO! User our BBTravel, it's better
iPhone User "Your phone doesn't do ___, so I found this app called ___ that does it"
Apple (a year later) "That's now included" | That's pretty funny. You've used bb travel I'm guessing, right? Yep, because kayak is way more functional than that  |
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Oh, I don't recall seeing a press release from RIM saying no to netflix. Have a link you care to share with the rest of the class?
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02-10-2012, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by h20work Oh, I don't recall seeing a press release from RIM saying no to netflix. Have a link you care to share with the rest of the class? | "NO!" as in... it doesn't exist. Not banned, just not justified.
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02-16-2012, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by belfastdispatcher Corrected and adding - bye bye original developer that thought of the idea and now Apple are stealing it. | Actually, those developers are compensated quite handsomely when Apple buys their company. Some even wind up Apple executives, like the Siri guy.
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02-17-2012, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by tchocky77 Actually, those developers are compensated quite handsomely when Apple buys their company. Some even wind up Apple executives, like the Siri guy. | The difference is Apple bought Siri, all the small ones they copied they didn't buy.
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Almost everyone I know with an Android or iPhone refuses to d/l an app unless it's free, period the end. Perhaps a developer has more 'chance' of exposure in a bigger sized marketplace (can just as easily be less depending on point of view), but I would want to bet more BB users are willing to pay for a good piece of software than the others. I know both Android and iOS have places to obtain pirated software, what about BB? I find it despicable that people would pirate 99 cent apps but that's a 'nother topic  |
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Originally Posted by BitPusher2600 Almost everyone I know with an Android or iPhone refuses to d/l an app unless it's free, period the end. Perhaps a developer has more 'chance' of exposure in a bigger sized marketplace (can just as easily be less depending on point of view), but I would want to bet more BB users are willing to pay for a good piece of software than the others. I know both Android and iOS have places to obtain pirated software, what about BB? I find it despicable that people would pirate 99 cent apps but that's a 'nother topic | Don't know about willing, but I know that BB users are forced to pay obscene prices for apps that are free or .99/1.99$ on iPhone and Android. I guess it's partly the size of the small BB market that forces devs to charge 3-4-5 times as much as they do on other platforms, combined with the tradition of high prices, and the fact that developing for BBs is a pain.
As for pirated software, its freely available for BBs, and is more of a problem than for iPhones, since they need to be jail broken to use pirated apps.
And while I can understand why somebody might pirate the odd one dollar app, you have friends that refuse to pay? ("Almost everybody"?!? Sure youre not exagerating aliiitle) Really? Serious?!? I guess you got friends in low places, lol, cause I've yet to meet somebody who's so cheap that they refuse to pay a measly dollar for an app.
Considering how easy and simple it is to pay at the market or App Store, why bother? Finding a pirated app can be time consuming, so I really reckon that most people would just rather pay a dollar, over spending hours looking for free apps and downloading from dodgy sites.
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