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This is a strawman argument. To see why, lets compare with Facebook. How much money does it cost to develop API servers to deal with apps which use Facebook si

This is a strawman argument. To see why, lets compare with Facebook. How much money does it cost to develop API servers to deal with apps which use Facebook sign in? How much money does it cost to run those API servers in a performant manner? How much money does it cost to make sure that those servers are secure? How much does Facebook charge? 0. I could keep going (or find many other examples), but the point is that the justification of a price based on the seeming cost to the provider isnt relevant. The issue for me here is that I should be able to run the apps that I want on hardware that I have purchased. Imagine if you buy a TV and then all of a sudden, the Netflix app is removed from the TV because Netflix didnt pay the tv manufacturer AFTER you've already purchased it.

rswail 6y ago
It's not strawman, because the discussion is whether or not Apple provide value for money to developers for their 15/30% cut of revenue from Apple's customer base. The discussion about whether owners of the Apple device are getting value for money and/or freedom to use as desired is a separate discussion. As for the last example, I purchased cable TV that had a Disney channel on it. Disney stopped providing that and wants me to buy their app instead. The cable TV subscription also used to include Comedy channel but removed it from their lineup. Who is at fault there?
codetrotter 6y ago
That’s because Facebook earns its money from selling targeted ads based on all of the data that they collect about their users. Apple doesn’t do that.