docs: pricing ruled — $10/mo + $400 lifetime, and the 15% fee is verified for subscriptions
Reconcile the pending doc edits with the creator's actual ruling, and close the revenue-share question that was blocking the monthly price. Verified from the App Developer Agreement v8.10 PDF itself (downloaded and text-extracted, not a search excerpt). Section 6(b) has only three tiers: 6(b)(i) 15% for Apps and their In-App Products *not listed in* 6(b)(iii); 6(b)(ii) 12% Games-only; 6(b)(iii) 30% for Xbox console apps/games, Xbox non-subscription IAP, and Windows 8/Phone 8. LlamaCasty is a Windows PC App, so 6(b)(i) governs BOTH tiers -- there is no subscription surcharge. The agreement's own changelog (v8.0, Oct 26 2017) states it outright: "implement the 85/15 revenue share for non-Game subscriptions." => $10/mo nets $8.50 (~$102/yr); $400 lifetime nets $340. Also confirmed: the 15% applies after VAT/GST (Net Receipts definition), payouts are monthly above a $50 threshold, and no better small-indie rate exists in the standard terms. Creator ruling recorded: $10/mo subscription or $400 lifetime, no annual, no .99. This supersedes the 2026-09-21 one-time $29 -> $49 model. Two obligations ADA 6(h) attaches to the recurring tier, recorded because they change its risk profile and are the reason lifetime is the hedge: we must fulfil the subscription for the entire period as marketed (on breach Microsoft may refund the full amount plus taxes in its sole discretion), and raising the price disables auto-renew -- so $10 is effectively locked for the product's life. Stale facts fixed in the same change rather than appended: - research-store-certification.md: IARC was 11.11.1/11.11.2 in one table and 10.11.1 in another; corrected to 10.11.x. - research-store-certification.md: policy 10.8.1/10.8.2 still asserted "Polar explicitly permitted" and "tick the third-party purchase box". Void now that Store IAP is the route and Polar is being torn down. - task-48: the working YouTube demo account (10.3.1) was accidentally dropped from the certification list during the Store-IAP edit. Restored -- a reviewer cannot use the app without one. - MyMistakes.md: the verified-fact-vs-decided-outcome lesson now closes its loop (the creator did rule the way the research pointed), and records the over-correction that followed. Docs-only. No code, no build, no tests.
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@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ Policy 7.20. "Binds" = must be satisfied to submit.
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| **10.1.4** | Distinct informative metadata + **active Store presence** | ☐ Listing must not be a stub |
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| **10.2.7** | Must enable clean uninstall | ☐ MSIX gives this free |
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| **10.4.2** | Start promptly, stay responsive, shut down gracefully, survive native API exceptions | ✅ `AppLog` + dispatcher handlers exist |
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| **11.11.1** | **IARC age-rating questionnaire** required | ☐ General-audience streaming tool, 12+ territory |
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| **11.11.2** | Keep the rating accurate as features change | ☐ Re-visit if audience-facing features shift |
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| **10.11.1** | **IARC age-rating questionnaire** required | ☐ General-audience streaming tool, 12+ territory |
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| **10.11.2** | Keep the rating accurate as features change | ☐ Re-visit if audience-facing features shift |
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| **11.12** | **User Generated Content** — see §9 | ⚠️ Judgment call, documented not built |
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| **10.8.1** | Non-game PC products **may** use a secure third-party purchase API **or** Store IAP | ✅ **Polar explicitly permitted.** Must tick the third-party purchase box in Partner Center |
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| **10.8.2** | Third-party purchase: identify provider, authenticate user, obtain confirmation, PCI DSS, note in Partner Center | ☐ Covered by Polar; tick the box |
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| **10.8.1** | Non-game PC products **may** use a secure third-party purchase API **or** Store IAP | ✅ **Superseded 2026-09-27: we chose Store IAP, not Polar.** The third-party-purchase path is no longer the plan |
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| **10.8.2** | Third-party purchase: identify provider, authenticate user, obtain confirmation, PCI DSS, note in Partner Center | ⛔ **Void — Polar is being torn down (TASK 10).** Store IAP is the Microsoft commerce engine, so the third-party-provider/PCI-DSS obligations do not apply |
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| **10.8.3** | **Individual** accounts cannot require financial info for primary functionality; requiring it forces a **Company** account | ⚠️ **Open question** — see §11 |
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| **10.14** | Individual accounts usually fine for a solo dev; Company required if the product needs financial info for primary functionality, or a consumer would read the name as a business | ⚠️ Same question as 10.8.3 |
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| **10.8.7** | Pricing must follow the FTC Guides Against Deceptive Pricing and must not be irrationally high vs. features | ☐ A pricing decision, not a code task |
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