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Apple has over 50% marketshare in the U.S. in the mobile market, so by marketshare they have a case for a monopoly. So for 150 million people Apple are the Gat
by newbie578 6y ago
Apple has over 50% marketshare in the U.S. in the mobile market, so by marketshare they have a case for a monopoly.
So for 150 million people Apple are the Gatekeepers, you have to pay the Troll it's fee or it won't let you past.
And people here are saying if you don't like Apple, don't make apps for iOS? Please try to do a business project in a market where you ignore 50% of the market and let me know how you fair out :)
Jason Freid of BaseCamp gave a good argument:
If you are handling the search, marketing and production of the app by yourself, why do you STILL need to pay the 30% tax? Imagine paying AWS 30% of your revenue just for hosting privileges :)
And don't forget that even IF you try to make the argument for hosting, they are hosting the app on Apple Store because Apple doesn't allow ANOTHER way of downloading an app. This is a really important fact.
Imagine if you used Windows and you couldn't download programs except over Windows Store. Just try to imagine Windows not allowing Steam to distribute over the web...