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Apple and Google won't know what developers using outside payment systems for purchases such as subscriptions or "in-app" stuff are making. So they'd have a pro
by rndgermandude 5y ago
Apple and Google won't know what developers using outside payment systems for purchases such as subscriptions or "in-app" stuff are making. So they'd have a problem deciding what a publishing fee should be. Monikers such as popularity can be bad estimators. They might end up charging developers a lot less or a lot more - the latter of which might ruin some developers or hike prices for customers even more.
I am not against a publishing fee instead of what there is now, but it should be fair and transparent. Not that the current system is fair and transparent...
- WastingMyTime89 5y ago> Apple and Google won't know what developers using outside payment systems for purchases such as subscriptions or "in-app" stuff are making. Then again, why should Apple and Google charge fees for something they have no hand in? If they want to charge fees for distribution, they should just do that.
- rndgermandude 5y ago>Then again, why should Apple and Google charge fees for something they have no hand in? Same reason as now: because they can and are in the money making business. I'm not saying this is right, just that it is what it is. Google and Apple will not just forgo millions if not billions of "easy" dollars. My guess is that especially the big players, who make Google and Apple the most money, will switch to different payment processors with better terms for them as soon as that option becomes available to them.