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You know that in Android, if you as a developer use in app purchases, you have to pay a cut to the play store, right? But the thing is, you can also do payments
by greiskul 8y ago
You know that in Android, if you as a developer use in app purchases, you have to pay a cut to the play store, right? But the thing is, you can also do payments on your own (although users are much less likely to trust you), in which case there is no cut. This is why I can buy a book in Kindle on my android phone, but no on my dad's ipod.
That's what people are asking for. If you want to provide services, sure, charge for them, but also allow developers to not use your services in this case.
Apples monopoly enforcement in both this and in html rendering is one of the biggest causes of stagnation in tech right now.
When I run a web app, sure, I need to pay lots of different middle men. But I get to choose which ones I use.
- baroffoos 8y agoIts the same situation for steam. Steam provides real value for indie devs who can't set up payment systems and download servers but once you get to a large size you are just having all your money sucked out by valve who provide nothing that you couldn't do yourself cheaper.