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> developers PAY THEM to distribute their wares. They are Apple's customers too! See stocking fees in physical retail stores: * https://financialpost.com/news
by throw0101a 6y ago
> developers PAY THEM to distribute their wares. They are Apple's customers too!
See stocking fees in physical retail stores:
* https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/loblaw-follows-walmart-in-imposing-new-fees-on-suppliers-to-help-pay-for-upgrades https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/loblaw-follo...
* https://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/headlines/loblaw-to-charge-largest-suppliers-a-new-handling-fee-76667 https://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/headlines/loblaw-...
- webmobdev 6y agoI do know about stocking fees and display fees. And also that it is not the norm, even if some would like it to be. (And phyaical retail outlets can justify it to some extent because space is actually limited in many stores and obviously they would prefer to give the most space to products that sells fast and / or are more profitable.) Apple has no real justification here, especially when it forcefully denies both the creators and the consumers a choice in the matter on many of its platforms.