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Epic smh. This is the same argument that people use to claim federal income taxes are illegal: it’s the cost of doing business in the USA to pay taxes. To be in
by gigatexal 6y ago
Epic smh. This is the same argument that people use to claim federal income taxes are illegal: it’s the cost of doing business in the USA to pay taxes. To be in the iOS ecosystem you gotta pay the App Store tax.
- Inityx 6y agoTaxation without representation is what caused the American Revolution
- gigatexal 6y agoThey are being represented: they’re treated equally in the store. But they chose to throw a fit. Also your linking this to that historical event doesn’t fit. There’s no ocean between the two parties: app review and email fix that. Communication is also instant. And most of all this isn’t a platform with a relationship that users can change. Users here being Epic a seller of software. It’s not a democracy and it need not be. It’s a platform that one can (and has in Epic’s case) agree to the terms and get access to billion users who are by far and a way much more likely to spend and who do spend more in apps than their Android counterparts.