Hi Chris,

Doesn't Apple make %30 of each purchase?  I thought this was explained when the 
app store was in the development stage.  Has this changed?

Harry


Harry Flaxman
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On Nov 13, 2011, at 12:25 AM, Chris Forsythe wrote:

> The proceeds go to The Growl Project entirely. :)
> 
> -- 
> Chris Forsythe
> 
> On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Charlie S wrote:
> 
>> Also the review helps to keep malware out of the store
>> 
>> 
>> Chris am I right to guess that part of the proceeds go to some of the Growl 
>> team and some to pay for the web site?
>> 
>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> No we're sticking to app store only for binary distribution. It's been a 
>>> real benefit to us and a real benefit to users.
>>> 
>>> For instance, the approval process you're lampooning here means that end 
>>> users can have confidence that Growl isn't going to wreck things on their 
>>> computer. The review process for HardwareGrowler for instance rejected it 
>>> about 2 days after we submitted it because we had HWG adding itself to 
>>> login items without asking. Not on purpose bear in mind, but it's a good 
>>> thing that they caught that. We fixed it, resubmitted the binary, and about 
>>> an hour or two later HWG was in the app store and waiting on their 
>>> searching indexes to update. This is a good thing for us, we didn't do 
>>> something by accident that we didn't mean to do. It's a good thing for 
>>> users, HWG wasn't added to their login items without permission. The rules 
>>> for the app store for the most part are there to benefit the user and 
>>> that's a very good thing.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Chris Forsythe
>>> 
>>> On Friday, November 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM, uilhao wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is there a non version for the app store? I'd be more than happy to
>>>> purchase the app directly from you, but I'm against everything that
>>>> apple's app store represents. I think the devs should take all their
>>>> hard earned money and not have to deal with apples BS approval process
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 4, 6:27 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Try this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1) Go to launchpad
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2) Click and hold on the Growl icon until it shakes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3) Click the X to remove Growl.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4) Go to the app store and find Growl again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 5) Click to download. It may look like it's going to charge you again, but
>>>>> it isn't.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris

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