@GoSailGlobal: True Indie Dev Guru @Tibo: 5 Core Apps Hitting $0.7M Monthly Revenue — Tried Distributing SuperX, But Lemon Squeezy Fell Short
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This tweet highlights indie developer Tibo's achievement of surpassing $700K in monthly revenue across five core apps, and notes that the author abandoned plans to distribute his app SuperX due to a suboptimal experience with the Lemon Squeezy distribution platform.
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Real Indie Dev Expert @Tibo: 5 Core Apps, Monthly Revenue Surges to $0.7M USD
I previously reached out to him about distributing SuperX, but Lemon Squeezy just isn’t a good fit for that. https://t.co/xqzD1mAbLy
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