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Lets say you are right, the dev is saying "omg look at teh numberz i lost 100 thousandz salez"

Note: Sales did not pick up after the free app sale. Therefore that free app sale was actually a waste of time. Furthermore their app requires a server to run, since its not a subscription-based app the server is 100% on their backs. They now support 100,000 unpaid customers with a server, and ALL those customers are going to cost them in the long run.

Amazon further moved by reducing the price of the app for 3 days without consent and modified description of the app.

TL;DR = sales on amazon are for profits of amazon only, get their numbers up but provide no real value for clients. They developer makes more money selling 10 apps a week than having the promotion which permanently harmed their revenue.




> Amazon further moved by reducing the price of the app for 3 days without consent and modified description of the app.

Both of those actions were consented to in the agreement the company entered into with Amazon.


I don't think they were aware of this. Not from the post. But in the end YES that is the agreement, hence why rotten to the core.

Amazon always reserves the right to do whatever they want period. Its not your product, you are now an amazon employee with the right to quit.




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