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Isn’t Apple’s fee 15% now? However, I do agree. It should be shown to the user like this.

gusgus01 5y ago
Only for developers making less that 1 million in net sales per year will the fee be 15%. For every other developer, it's still 30%.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  First million is at 15% for everyone I figure?
  - wlesieutre 5y ago
    I believe that's how Google is doing it, but Apple is not
  - banana_giraffe 5y ago
    Google does a 15% progressive fee for the first $1mil. Apple sorta does the same, though once you cross the $1mil threshold, you pay a 30% cut next year on all your sales.
    - pascoej 5y ago
      Only recently in response to all this anti-trust stuff.
  - extra88 5y ago
    This article [0] says the Play Store takes 15% from the first million but Apple's store takes 30% of everything once you pass one million/year. But it also makes it clear that only a very small percentage of apps in either store make more than one million/year. Another article [1] says 98% of developers in the Apple store would be below one million/year but also that that long tail generates only 5% of the store's revenue. There are a tiny number of apps that are enormous winners, games I assume, and there's everything else. [0] https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/data-shows-how-few-google-play-developers-will-pay-the-higher-30-commission-after-policy-change/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/data-shows-how-few-google-... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21572302/apple-app-store-small-business-program-commission-cut-15-percent-reduction https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21572302/apple-app-store...
    - sim_card_map 5y ago
      > but Apple's store takes 30% of everything once you pass one million/year So it's much better to earn 999k instead of 1.1 million...
smolyeet 5y ago
If your app doesn't make over a certain amount. Large apps still have to
donmcronald 5y ago
> Isn’t Apple’s fee 15% now? I think both Apple and Google did that. It's a desperate attempt to avoid regulation IMO. I think both should be forced to facilitate competing app stores. There should be no mercy for them after a decade of anti-competitive price gouging.

Only for developers making less that 1 million in net sales per year will the fee be 15%. For every other developer, it's still 30%.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
First million is at 15% for everyone I figure?
- wlesieutre 5y ago
  I believe that's how Google is doing it, but Apple is not
- banana_giraffe 5y ago
  Google does a 15% progressive fee for the first $1mil. Apple sorta does the same, though once you cross the $1mil threshold, you pay a 30% cut next year on all your sales.
  - pascoej 5y ago
    Only recently in response to all this anti-trust stuff.
- extra88 5y ago
  This article [0] says the Play Store takes 15% from the first million but Apple's store takes 30% of everything once you pass one million/year. But it also makes it clear that only a very small percentage of apps in either store make more than one million/year. Another article [1] says 98% of developers in the Apple store would be below one million/year but also that that long tail generates only 5% of the store's revenue. There are a tiny number of apps that are enormous winners, games I assume, and there's everything else. [0] https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/data-shows-how-few-google-play-developers-will-pay-the-higher-30-commission-after-policy-change/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/data-shows-how-few-google-... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21572302/apple-app-store-small-business-program-commission-cut-15-percent-reduction https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21572302/apple-app-store...
  - sim_card_map 5y ago
    > but Apple's store takes 30% of everything once you pass one million/year So it's much better to earn 999k instead of 1.1 million...

smolyeet 5y ago

If your app doesn't make over a certain amount. Large apps still have to

donmcronald 5y ago

> Isn’t Apple’s fee 15% now? I think both Apple and Google did that. It's a desperate attempt to avoid regulation IMO. I think both should be forced to facilitate competing app stores. There should be no mercy for them after a decade of anti-competitive price gouging.