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Free marketing? Apple takes a 30% cut from purchases and charges $99 a year. Google charges a $25 flat fee and also takes a 30% cut. This is not free! That bei
by jbob2000 8y ago
Free marketing? Apple takes a 30% cut from purchases and charges $99 a year. Google charges a $25 flat fee and also takes a 30% cut. This is not free!
That being said, I see your point that app developers are beholden to the platform. I kind of side with the platform here; the play store has a lot of shitty apps that probably deserve a ranking shakeup.
If it turns out to be a bug, that would be unfortunate, but if it’s just a couple of knockoff apps complaining about google cleaning up the store, then good riddance.
- Chilinot 8y agoThe marketing is free, the "package manager" is not. While the fee is way to big in my opinion, i fully understand why they take this fee. Storage and bandwidth is not free, even when you have a peering contract.
- jacquesm 8y agoYes, let's pretend that Apple and Google infrastructure is provided 'at cost' after you've paid your 30%.
- iKSv2 8y agoHowever, its nowhere mentioned in the terms that these fees go to or for Marketing, unless I am mistaken.