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But the companies that operate those apps are paying Apple. So Apple still gets their cut. The same goes for Yelp or GrubHub. You can use Yelp for free, but Ye
by jacurtis 7y ago
But the companies that operate those apps are paying Apple. So Apple still gets their cut.
The same goes for Yelp or GrubHub. You can use Yelp for free, but Yelp is generally preying on local businesses to force the businesses to pay Yelp because of Yelp's distribution online.
GrubHub often has free delivery, but they are charging huge commissions to the restaurant you order from.
Someone always pays. It is the way the world works.
- eridius 7y agoThe $99 yearly developer program fee is hardly Apple getting "their cut".
- scarface74 7y agoPaying Apple for what? What money is Apple getting when you subscribe for services outside of the App Store?
- Domenic_S 7y agoThe app store offers subscriptions. If you subscribe to, say, netflix or hulu using an ios app, apple collects 15-30% of the subscription revenue. Netflix fairly publicly killed the app store subscription payment method in the beginning of the year because of this.
- scarface74 7y agoThat was just the point. At no time did you have to go through the App Store to get s Netflix subscription. You could always go through the Netflix website. Netflix chose to use the App Store as a method for payment even though they didn’t have to. They decided it was worth the trade off. Plenty of subscription services decided it wasn’t from day one.