@spiritedpause@lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org • 11 months agoWhy are there so few open source weather apps for iOS, compared to the very many that are on Android?message-square24fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there so few open source weather apps for iOS, compared to the very many that are on Android?@spiritedpause@lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org • 11 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-square@jetAlinkEnglish37•11 months agoOn apple/iOS - The app store, you have to pay a annual fee to be a registered developer. On android you have f-droid, fully open source, no fees.
minus-square@notepass@feddit.delinkfedilink9•11 months agoOr the Google Play Store, which has a low one-time fee iirc.
minus-square@jetAlinkEnglish4•edit-211 months agoThere is a fee to list on the google play store? i had no idea! I think its fair for a FOSS developer to make it free on fdroid and charge $1-5 on the play store, but i rarely see it. :)
minus-square@notepass@feddit.delinkfedilink4•11 months agoThere is a one-time signup fee. Last time I heard about it it was 20$ or something. I don’t think you have to pay per listing.
minus-square@smeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoYou can side-load an app from anywhere so you don’t even need storefronts like f-droid, you can just have the APKs as releases right with wherever you’re hosting the source code!
On apple/iOS - The app store, you have to pay a annual fee to be a registered developer.
On android you have f-droid, fully open source, no fees.
Or the Google Play Store, which has a low one-time fee iirc.
There is a fee to list on the google play store? i had no idea!
I think its fair for a FOSS developer to make it free on fdroid and charge $1-5 on the play store, but i rarely see it. :)
There is a one-time signup fee. Last time I heard about it it was 20$ or something. I don’t think you have to pay per listing.
You can side-load an app from anywhere so you don’t even need storefronts like f-droid, you can just have the APKs as releases right with wherever you’re hosting the source code!