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My problem here is is when the donations aren't for the game hosted by google, but for the author in general. Imagine the game being only one small portion of t
by sixothree 6y ago
My problem here is is when the donations aren't for the game hosted by google, but for the author in general. Imagine the game being only one small portion of their business that might include videos and merchandise. Should google be allowed a cut of all that revenue as well.
- hokumguru 6y agoI believe their TOS doesn’t include physical goods, just like Apple.
- fastball 6y agoIt's a tough problem. Google/Apple aren't taking cuts of genuinely free apps, even though they are part of the overall cost and can sometimes (for big apps) actually have pretty high variable costs. So you might say that Google/Apple should just start charging directly for the app store spots, with some markup. e.g. $30/m for up to 10k downloads, $50/m for 30k, etc. But arguably app stores wouldn't be the juggernauts they are without the loads and loads of free apps people can download for no upfront cost, and it seems unlikely that this would've happened if the app store business model had been the one above from the outset. In other words, the author is complaining about the existing model, but it is unclear if putting his stuff on the app store would've been such an appealing thing to do without said model. Bit of a catch-22.