IPhone App Developers Threaten To Sue Apple Over Late Payments

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20 points·vaksel··5 comments

It's mind-boggling as to how much stuff Apple is getting away with simply because they hold the market lead. Delays in deployment, denying projects that had significant investment and a highly opaque culture that is leading to tons of unrest. It finally took going after what really matters, money, for anyone to grow some balls and take this on. Hopefully, Apple will wake up a bit after this happens. Stop spinning words in your favor (96% approval! eye roll) and start fixing the problem!

I have to say, this makes me nervous. I'm getting out of college and I was considering buying some equipment to do iPhone development. 7k is small potatoes and Apple doesn't process that in an automated fashion? 4-600 dollars isn't cheap for people in my socioeconomic bracket.

Apple has always been a secretive company. That was true in the mid nineties when they were near death, and it's true now that they are an industry leader. So I don't think you can say they're "getting away" with anything because of their position, they've always been that way. Heh!

Secrecy means poor practices can fester in dark corners where no one is watching. Developers squawking about this will likely bring the needed attention to the subject to get it solved.

Can anyone on YC share personal stories? If you're afraid of being identified, maybe you can create an anonymous account.

I've been thinking of going into the iphone market myself, and more info will certainly help.

Thanks!

Smells like FUD, let me guess the source...

Oh! Techcrunch! No wonder!

Just because a guy in Tonga (where there are no banks) couldn't get paid in time can't spin the fact that a billion apps were already sold and paid, flawlessly.

But that guy in Tonga, poor guy...

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