Indie Mobile is dead
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Highly disappointed for dropping the indie license. It give people no reason to consider to use Qt for mobile application development. Even for those company who can pay the license, they may not consider it since it may not be able to hire staff with experience. That will just kill Qt's future on mobile world.
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Highly disappointed for dropping the indie license. It give people no reason to consider to use Qt for mobile application development. Even for those company who can pay the license, they may not consider it since it may not be able to hire staff with experience. That will just kill Qt's future on mobile world.
@benlau said:
It give people no reason to consider to use Qt for mobile application development.
As I said before, mobile development is still possible using the full license.
What is changed is that now there no licence for mobile development only.Qt Company evaluated that the revenue related to Indie Mobile was to low to continue to ship.
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@benlau said:
It give people no reason to consider to use Qt for mobile application development.
As I said before, mobile development is still possible using the full license.
What is changed is that now there no licence for mobile development only.Qt Company evaluated that the revenue related to Indie Mobile was to low to continue to ship.
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@benlau said:
It give people no reason to consider to use Qt for mobile application development.
As I said before, mobile development is still possible using the full license.
What is changed is that now there no licence for mobile development only.Qt Company evaluated that the revenue related to Indie Mobile was to low to continue to ship.
@mcosta Just like the freemium model popular nowadays, a cheaper version is necessary to lets people to get started. Check about the pricing of Xamarian. The cost is same as Indie license and now is a much cheaper solution. But it don't mean it is not promising. The no. of application developed by Xamarian for mobile is much more than Qt.
Just imaginary you are a newbie and would like to consider a cross-platform development environment:
- Qt - USD $350 /month
- Xamarian - USD $25/month with more no. of user and app available in store.
What will you choose?
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Hm...
this is also really bad news for me. Was thinking about to start something based on indie mobile. 350€/month for "just have it" is a serious number for a one man freelancer or startup...And how about "the private use"? Xamarin.Forms without licensing has only a 30 day trail. Does Qt work for private activitys without license?
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@mcosta Thank you for the info. I am currently using the Qt Indie Evaluation and was about to buy it now so I hope The Qt Company has a solution for me as my app is in beta. Or my money for Google and Apple developer accounts and the hours I have used is a big waste of time and money...
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350$ a month? Well... it's sad...
I guess it's a good time to check what's new in Xamarin or JUCE.
Thanks, Qt team for remaining! :)
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