> No one uses the Apple app stop on MacOS because apparently it's terrible
AFAIK, most major apps are on the macOS app store.
AFAIK, most major apps are on the macOS app store.
Even if your app can run in a sandbox today, are you willing to turn down any future feature requests that would make it so it won't?
We're putting an app on there, but our app is kind of an ideal use case because we don't expect to have to add features that can't work in the sandbox and our app is free. It's a tougher sell if you have to cut features to fit in the sandbox or hand off 30% of your sale to Apple.
Admittedly that 30% isn't unreasonable if you're really just starting out. That does include hosting, purchasing, and billing. But those things can be done at a much cheaper rate than 30% if you can set them up.
Panic is one of my favorite Mac app developers and (just checked) one of their apps (Coda) is distributed outside the App Store [1], while Transmit is distributed on both.
Office for Mac - https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Office-...
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Mac - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-reader-dc-mac-os....
What's CC?
Similarly, while you can get Photoshop Elements in the Windows Store, I don't believe you can get the full Photoshop CC on the Windows Store yet.