Daniel Rich wrote: > Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote: > > On 2/17/11 09:21 , [email protected] wrote: > > > I think the big deal in this is that IF you want to get your product > > > onto the i* series of stuff you are forced to go through Apple. > > > They are not allowing competition in sales. I can't take my i* app > > > to amazon, ebay, best-buy, ... and sell it through their sites. > > > > Incorrect. They will allow that as long as you *also* use Apple's in-app > > system and as long as prices from other venues are >= the one through > > Apple's system. > > Sorry Branodn, rackow is correct. If you want to sell an app for the > iPhone you *have* to go through the App Store. There is no other option > for you.
I do not believe that is 100% correct. Hopefully some actual Apple/iOS Developer can correct me if I am wrong. As an independent author, I can create an application aimed at the iOS platform. I sell this application to an end-user. This end user would be unable to install it onto their phone, as it came from outside the iTunes store. Unless, the end-user I sold it to was an Apple Developer and could install it via the Apple Developer method that they have access to. Mind you, this may be a very small market and I don't see a lot of people signing up for the iOS Developer program (99 USD/yr) for the ability to install arbitrary applications. No need to even root the iOS device, or violate any end-user agreements using the iOS Developer method. -- John H. Robinson, IV [email protected] http (((( WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above, sbih.org ( )(:[ as apparently my cats have learned how to type. spiders.html (((( _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
