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On top of letting the toll take 30% on the merchandise on each deliveries on the ONLY road available on their platform. They already pay their Apple Developer
by m-p-3 6y ago
On top of letting the toll take 30% on the merchandise on each deliveries on the ONLY road available on their platform.
They already pay their Apple Developer Program yearly membership fees. If Apples deem this isn't enough, then they should raise the cost to properly take that into account.
- zapzupnz 6y agoThat would preclude smaller developers, people who pay the subscription but don’t submit apps but rather use other benefits of the program, and people who only or mostly make free apps.
- imwillofficial 6y agoThis is terrible business advice. Look how wildly successful their model is. It’s the example of how other app stores run their businesses.
- heavyset_go 6y agoStandard Oil and Microsoft in the 90's/00's were both wildly successful, too, yet they still engaged in anti-competitive behavior to the detriment of the market and consumers alike.
- imwillofficial 6y agoAre they equitable? I think not. The paradigm is iPhone as an "App Console" I don't see anyone here decrying Nintendo or Playstation for their walled gardens are steep developer fees.