&gt; In addition, Apple says it’s expanding VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller’s duties to now include running the App Store <i>across all Apple platforms</i>.<p>Emphasis mine, this means there&#x27;s now a visible figure responsible for the Mac App Store. I&#x27;m not in Mac development, but by many accounts it&#x27;s been neglected to the point that the well known software is bailing. Most specific complaints center around the sandbox limitations, but there&#x27;s also frustration with wondering what you&#x27;re shelling out such a big chunk of your money for if the store hasn&#x27;t improved in years.<p>Apple can get away with whatever they want on iOS because there are no other options. On Mac, they can&#x27;t expect to charge 30% of revenue and have everyone stick around if the service isn&#x27;t worth it.<p>Example, with many related links at the bottom: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.macstories.net&#x2F;linked&#x2F;sketch-is-leaving-the-mac-app-store&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.macstories.net&#x2F;linked&#x2F;sketch-is-leaving-the-mac-...</a><p>I don&#x27;t know what they have planned to fix it, but the timing of this feels like at least a tacit acknowledgement that there&#x27;s a problem.