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> Apple is clearly doing the right thing here. They can't charge developers 30% to sell apps and content through their platform, then allow one developer to ski

> Apple is clearly doing the right thing here. They can't charge developers 30% to sell apps and content through their platform, then allow one developer to skirt the rule by calling it "tipping". Tencent can just man up and pay the thirty percent like the rest of us have to do. I think you're confused and you don't know what the case is about. By the way, I didn't knew that Apple Developer Program was free? Guess what it is included in the yearly price.

valuearb 9y ago
$99 a year is about as close to free as you can. And I know exactly what it's about. No one is getting "tips" without providing services or content through the app.
- Oletros 9y ago
  > And I know exactly what it's about. No one is getting "tips" without providing services or content through the app. So, you would be glad to pay 30% of your banking transactions to Apple, isn't? Because this case is exactly the same as Paypal, banking applications or booking applications
  - valuearb 9y ago
    Great, we agree these tips are compensation for content being offered through WeChat, now you want to argue whether Apple's 30% is reasonable. I don't need Apple to do my banking and I don't need to pay Apple if I want to sell apps, I can sell through Cydia, or write apps on platforms that let me distribute over the internet. If I want to sell to iPhone/Ipad Apple customers through the App store is the only time I need to pay. 30% is an amazing deal, given historically for software distribution you'd pay Ingram Micro D 50% of revenues, and still have to pay for disks/duplication/packaging and pay stores and Ingram Micro D to promote you.
    - Oletros 9y ago
      > Great, we agree these tips are compensation for content being offered through WeChat, Yes, like Amazon physical goods > If I want to sell to iPhone/Ipad Apple customers through the App store is the only time I need to pay. They are not doing that

valuearb 9y ago

$99 a year is about as close to free as you can. And I know exactly what it's about. No one is getting "tips" without providing services or content through the app.

Oletros 9y ago
> And I know exactly what it's about. No one is getting "tips" without providing services or content through the app. So, you would be glad to pay 30% of your banking transactions to Apple, isn't? Because this case is exactly the same as Paypal, banking applications or booking applications
- valuearb 9y ago
  Great, we agree these tips are compensation for content being offered through WeChat, now you want to argue whether Apple's 30% is reasonable. I don't need Apple to do my banking and I don't need to pay Apple if I want to sell apps, I can sell through Cydia, or write apps on platforms that let me distribute over the internet. If I want to sell to iPhone/Ipad Apple customers through the App store is the only time I need to pay. 30% is an amazing deal, given historically for software distribution you'd pay Ingram Micro D 50% of revenues, and still have to pay for disks/duplication/packaging and pay stores and Ingram Micro D to promote you.
  - Oletros 9y ago
    > Great, we agree these tips are compensation for content being offered through WeChat, Yes, like Amazon physical goods > If I want to sell to iPhone/Ipad Apple customers through the App store is the only time I need to pay. They are not doing that