Price of Gold Increase on iOS

[Jeronimo]

I think the Apple CEOs didn't get their expected bonus, so they're gonna get it this year.

[Oasis]

Apple announced today some numbers which clearly indicate the company started the year off on the right foot. Apple has stated that the App Store set a new record for billings in the first week of January, with customers world-wide spending nearly half a billion dollars on apps and in-app purchases. In addition, the company has indicated that New Year’s Day 2015 was the single biggest sales day in App Store sales history.

In all, the App Store has generated $25 billion in revenue for developers from the sale of apps and games, of which there are now more than 1.4 million, 725,000 of which are made for iPad.

[Max Power]

Exactly. Your problem u voted for goons that depend on your taxes for their salary. Fx figure out in class or go work for an international company

If you can show me some examples of politicians that don't fit this description, I would be happy to consider them. In many years of voting, I have yet to see one.

Does anyone really care about any of this VAT, GST, exchange rate non sense? All that really matters is that both platforms are priced equally. Whatever the price is, is just that. Whatever it is. Google/Amazon follow suit with Apple and everything is back to the way it was.

Ideally, yes, but when compared to other products, is that really reasonable? When you buy any consumer product, you make choices that factor in expenses. Do you think if you buy a new Chevy the cost of operating it will be the same as a Mercedes? If you choose to live in a city like SF, where wages/expenses are considerably higher than the rest of the nation, does the $99 vault cause the same level of heartburn as it would for someone in a small midwestern town where wages are quite low? In countries where taxes are applied, is their total cost of living actually worse? I know if I lived in a country with free health care I would have $350 a month to waste on frivolous things.

Ideally, you would like to charge the same rate for everybody, but there are far too many factors in the total expense pool to really expect Apple/Google/etc to come up with some complicated algorithm to adjust for taxes, platforms, cost of living, etc.

I can totally see why they would just say it's one price and let market forces go from there. After that, it's kind of out of their hands.

[b-w]

buy or borrow a cheap droid for the sole purpose of purchasing gold. You can do that now. duh

[Winnson]

Apple died with Jobs. Sorry about that.

[Winnson]

This is payback for all that free gold ios users have been able to get that droid users haven't had access to for the past few months maybe?

[Dipstik]

All of your conspiracy theories make me lol.

[Molly's Voice]

All of your conspiracy theories make me lol.

Making light of another's misfortune is no laughing matter.....

Oh wait, yes it is.

[Max Power]

I like Dippy's new avatar.

[Dipstik]

I don't. Google Images has failed me. Can't believe no one has done a proper pony-spoof of the Sons of Anarchy logo yet.

[Dazzanic]

"A massive increase in the cost of business" is one way of looking at it. But considering Apple Base themselves in Luxembourg to avoid vast sums of corporation tax, I think it is a little too far to have any sympathy for them having to hire a few extra accountants!

[cooch]

Frankly the uproar is moronic. Other app developers have done a better job linking apple and google responses to eu/Europe new vat tax for app purchases plus currency changes. The European tax changes have been planned for a long time. Why didn't you complain when it was being legislated?

US and Asia do not tax app purchases. If u got a problem with that take it up with your countries. As for Canada and Russia all currency issues

The big difference is how apple and google apply the increases. Each is applying it differently and app developers will have to determine how to balance that out mindful that neither apple or google will allow the true purchase price to undercut the other.

In essence from what I understand apple charges upfront. Google assess buyer at purchase. There will be differences not sure how minor/major.

[sister morphine]

"A massive increase in the cost of business" is one way of looking at it. But considering Apple Base themselves in Luxembourg to avoid vast sums of corporation tax, I think it is a little too far to have any sympathy for them having to hire a few extra accountants!

I don't. The fall-out is on the spenders here though.

[Molly's Voice]

European tax changes have been planned for a long time. Why didn't you complain when it was being legislated?

US and Asia do not tax app purchases. If u got a problem with that take it up with your countries. As for Canada and Russia all currency issues.

^this. Is it really that hard to understand?

Lesson learned, folks. All this could have been avoided if you were fortunate enough to be born Merican. We really are the tits.

[montecore]

This change is across apple app world so it forces players to choose between app games. This is not only game app hearing the cries of outrage.

As USD continues it's climb vs other currencies expect more apple and google adjustments. Although apple has built in a profit with this increase in anticipation of further increases. Apple just announced expecting $25 B in app sales this year and strongest start in app sas sales ever so far.

Take it up with apple. When one or both distributors ratchet up their prices both players and suppliers dependent on distributor get squeezed. Is what it is

Yeah, it takes tons of money, resources, man hours and careful planning to physically manufacture each vault of gold. It isnt like gree could keep the pricing the same and make each vault 2500 gold or something.