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There are three legs to the problem, 1) 30%, 2) TOS 3) Monopoly on app distribution to IOS If any of those pillars fall I think Apple is off the hook here.
by ProAm 5y ago
There are three legs to the problem, 1) 30%, 2) TOS 3) Monopoly on app distribution to IOS
If any of those pillars fall I think Apple is off the hook here.
- oauea 5y agoDon't you mean all?
- throwawaygh 5y agoI could see the argument that reducing the cut is still anti-competitive, especially because it's easy to show how the TOS harms both competition and the consumer. But if they allow alternative distribution channels, that would make the anti-trust case a lot more difficult both in actual court and in the court of legislative opinion. I have no problem with a 30% cut if alternative app distribution channels are allowed (a la Android).
- 3GuardLineups 5y agoExactly - there's no reason a 30% is out of line if that's what the market bears. The issue with 30% is its a monopoly with no competitors trying to push the price down. There's a chance no other service is able to provide a comparable user experience to the app store for a 20% or 25% cut, but we can't know that until Apple allows competition.
- ProAm 5y agoI think Apple will have good legal grounds to stand on if they get rid of one of those, and will garner a lot of customer goodwill. Right now it really looks like Apple does not respect both their customers and third party developers at all which comes off has pure greed.