Shopify is looking to force more developers into their 20% cut to squeeze more revenue out of their existing partners since the business isn't growing fast enough on the seller side. On top of the obvious issues with the 20% cut, other platforms like BigCommerce have copied Shopify's model. So now I need to pay out 40% to support both? This falls apart quickly if you support more than 1 shopping cart platform.

I suspect that the major players negotiate exceptions. I don't for a second believe that the large companies you see on the Shopify App Store pay their 20% cut. They would never agree to that.

I do agree that this will lead to a regression and force app developers into using Private/Custom apps, making for a worse and less secure experience for Shopify customers.

I post this thread on HN. I honestly can't understand why they would deprecate the Unpublished App option. Was a win win for everyone. Using their Billing API makes sense when you building a business on top of theirs... but it's not our case.

Any other people affected by this here?

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