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The real crime is that they prohibit developers from itemizing this fee for the consumer. That's what Epic et al should be focusing on. Customers would be aghas
by rebelos 5y ago
The real crime is that they prohibit developers from itemizing this fee for the consumer. That's what Epic et al should be focusing on. Customers would be aghast at the extractive abuse of monopoly power after having already paid (in many cases) an exorbitant sum for their device. Let the free market deal with the problem.
- babyshake 5y agoYou're correct. It should be illegal to prevent apps from breaking down where the fees go. This is truly anti-consumer behavior.
- tantalor 5y agoNobody cares about the app store cut.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoA friend argued that the App Store cut is justified because it’s a free market and if consumers don’t think the value of the store is worth paying the cut, they can go get a different phone. Apple banning developers from informing consumers about the cut is a problem for this argument.
- belatw 5y agoConsumers couldn’t care less, for sure. It’s only developers and corporations who cares. It is a lot like all the furor over patent trolls. It only really hurts large companies, but techies decided it was somehow victimizing them and screamed about it constantly but consumers still didnt care.
- JMTQp8lwXL 5y agoWhere is the line item for paying with Visa/MasterCard/etc?
- nevi-me 5y agoIt's irrelevant because it's an immaterial amount. Itemising 3% has no effect, compared to 30%. I would support this, as I believe that we pay high taxes because we're pacified into not thinking about the amount.