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I think there are basically two ways to look at Apple's App Store policies: 1. Apple acts like a sort of consumer union, coordinating behavior of a massive and
by paulgb 6y ago
I think there are basically two ways to look at Apple's App Store policies:
1. Apple acts like a sort of consumer union, coordinating behavior of a massive and lucrative audience so that apps have to meet certain minimum standards to reach it.
2. Apple acts like a protection racket, extracting a piece of the consumer surplus because they can.
It seems that you like the benefits of #1, and I agree with you. The problem is that in the Fortnite case, it appears to be a case of #2 posturing as #1. Does anyone truly believe that Fortnite players are better off paying 30% more to Apple?
- bhupy 6y agoI really like this framing. If Apple's payment processing fee was more in line with the industry e-commerce standard, this would look a lot more like #1 than #2.
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoThis is a good framework. One way to merge these views is with a graduated take rate. So Apple might take 30% of the first $10mm, 20% of the next $10mm and $10% thereafter.