Comment by pushedx
5 months ago
30% or more of the cost goes directly to Apple, so there are some perverse incentives at play with such unofficial fixes.
5 months ago
30% or more of the cost goes directly to Apple, so there are some perverse incentives at play with such unofficial fixes.
You can purchase directly on their website or via Setapp. So, I would count this as an argument.
The App Store fee is down to 15% these days*, or zero if you buy Bartender from their own website.
* For entities with < $1M annual revenue.
I assure you that whatever money Apple would make from this wouldn’t make a dent in even some lower-level Apple pleb’s P&L.
This sort of unbound cynicism isn’t intelligent or useful. It shouldn’t be conflated with being usefully or interestingly critical.
It adds up when you need to pay $25 to get per-app volume control, $20 to fix to the menu bar, $10 to get window management, etc, per seat.
I don't think it's cynical to point out the perverse incentive. I think it's a useful point for discussion, especially given anyone familiar with any of the other major desktop environments (Windows, GNOME, KDE, etc.) might be surprised to learn that there's a modern desktop environment lacking these amenities.