March 05, 2015

29: Behind the App #3: The 30% Cut

32 minutes

This time on 'Behind the App', we look at the 30/70 revenue split on the App Store. We look back at how people felt about this when it was introduced, understand how they feel now, and try to gauge if Apple is holding up their end of the deal.

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Guest Starring:

Marco Arment, Russell Ivanovic, David Smith, Guy English, Padraig Kennedy, Oisín Prendiville, and mb bischoff

Links and Show Notes: Episode Contributors (in order of appearance):

Marco Arment

Russell Ivanovic

Matthew Bischoff

David Smith

Guy English

Oisin Prendiville and Padraig Kennedy

Six Colors: Apple announces record profits, earnings, and iPhone sales AnandTech | Apple Q1 FY 2015 Financial Results: Record iPhone Sales Drive Record Earnings Apple - Press Info - Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results Apple allows in-app purchasing for free App Store apps | Macworld Top Grossing iPhone Games, Installs, ARPU & revenue estimates - United States Supertop Blog: Moving Unread to Supertop Overcast’s 2014 sales numbers – Marco.org

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