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Apple is taking a cut for providing the store itself, distribution, visibility, SDKs/frameworks, etc. Why would they refund 30%?

• symkat 6y ago
  Because the customer is getting a refund because they're asking Apple to unwind the transaction. Apple makes the customer whole, Apple makes Apple more than whole, and Apple makes the developer less than whole.
• raverbashing 6y ago
  Developers do have to pay an yearly fee to just be an iOS developer, so the argument that's because of the SDKs is incorrect
  • lolsal 6y ago
    Ok, what about everything else I said? Like distribution? Millions of users?
• onion2k 6y ago
  Why would they refund 30%? Because they can afford it, and it's the right thing to do both ethically and morally.
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  • lolsal 6y ago
    Why is it the right thing to do morally and ethically? Didn't they earn that money?
    • onion2k 6y ago
      If you went and bought a new car for $50,000 and then needed to return it and get a refund you wouldn't be very happy if the dealer gave you $45,000 back and said "Sorry, the salesperson gets to keep their commission. They earned that money." The dealer wouldn't be very happy if the salesperson said "No, I'm keeping my $5,000. I did my part and I earned that money." If there's a refund then everyone gives their part of the money back. Apple were part of the transaction, so if there's a refund they should return the money they earned. They can't just ignore the customer's wishes to get the money back, and they can't just pass the loss on to the developer. Neither would be fair.
• sp332 6y ago
  Because if someone refunds the app, the visibility was ineffective and the frameworks are not going to be used.
• glofish 6y ago
  Perhaps the refund is caused by the store itself? Is it inconceivable that the distribution, visibility and framework caused the customer to misjudge the product?
  • lolsal 6y ago
    No, not inconceivable. But still not relevant to me.