Dracnys
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.06.15 19:59:00 -
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Edited by: Dracnys on 15/06/2011 20:03:45 This is how I read the devblog:
Quote: CCP Atlas has some great news for 3rd party developers in his latest dev blog.
Great CCP, what's your great news? *Click on Link* A wall of text with the headline "Monetizing 3rd Party Apps". Ok I have no idea what you mean with this. Do you want to make money or do you think 3rd party developers can earn money?
Quote: tr.v. mon+e+tized, mon+e+tiz+ing, mon+e+tiz+es To establish as legal tender. To coin (money). To convert (government debt) from securities into currency that can be used to purchase goods and services. Cha-Ching.
Wow now I know what monetizing means, thanks a lot. Now, who is this guy thinking cha-ching?
Quote: Starting this summer you will be able to charge people for usage of your applications, websites and services for EVE Online.
Who would want to do that? I certainly don't want to pay for 3rd party apps. Download that new market order software? 5 Dollars. Update character in your skill-plan app? 0.50 Dollars. Now this won't happen because the people developing the software don't do it to earn money but because they like helping the community and I highly doubt that many would pay for a service or app.
Quote: Highlights
Simple process - Sign up on a webpage, get started straight away Inexpensive - $99 per year, no other fees Developer-friendly - Very few restrictions Open-ended - You can charge subscription fees, receive donations, sell your app in an app-store and more Non-commercial websites and apps will now require a (free) license
Highlights. Highlights of what? Is anything of this any good? Is there any value provided by CCP? 99 Dollars per year for what? For getting permission to charge somebody for 3rd party services? CCP was developer friendly before, we know that. But that's no highlight, that's just doing nothing. Why is it an advantage if non-commercial websites and apps require a free license?
Quote: Rules and rights but nothing new except charging for permission to charge RL money.
So where is the value that you provide? Continue searching.
Quote: Will corporation and alliance websites require a commercial license? No, (...)
At least this.
Quote: Will services for in-game currency require a commercial license?
Yes, if you require any sort of payment for your services you will need a commercial license.
Will website ads require a commercial license?
Yes, for ad-supported websites you will require a commercial license. Will donations require a commercial license?
Yes, for donation supported websites you will require a commercial license.
HOLY CRAP! Does this mean that everyone who asks for donations or puts ads on the website has to pay? For the great ability to charge RL money for their services which they won't because of the reasons mentioned above? So this does really mean that people that work their ass of to improve the game for all players are CHARGED to do so? CCP, is that you? The company that lives off a game which is mostly played because of its great community? You DO realize that this is what makes EVE, right? That the sandbox doesn't end with the game but is extended all over the internet?
Quote: Why charge for the license at all?
That's my question. Better have a good answer.
Quote: The licensing fee is there to partially cover expenses from this initiative and more importantly, we need to charge a fee so that we get proper non-spoofable information about the applicant. We have kept the fee as low as possible and hope that the $99 fee is low enough to not dissuade serious developers from participating in the program.
Why does it cost 99 Dollars to note a name? This is zero value.
Quote: I'm sure we will have plenty to talk about in the discussion thread. :-)
Yes we have.
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