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Additionally, Paddle is completely ignoring that Apple's 30% doesn't only include payments. It includes everything required to make those in-app purchases funct
by dkonofalski 5y ago
Additionally, Paddle is completely ignoring that Apple's 30% doesn't only include payments. It includes everything required to make those in-app purchases function - hosting, downloads, updates, management, reviews, localization, etc. All this would mean is that Apple will get to collect that money from 2 sources instead of one which complicates the situation for both developers and for customers.
Until a judge rules that Apple doesn't have control over its own App Store (which the Epic ruling explicitly reaffirmed that it does), this is only going to get silly and bloated.
- sneak 5y agoThe hosting, downloads, updates, reviews are all covered already by the $99/yr developer fee, because this is what is charged for that to free apps without IAPs. Apple is just using their anticompetitive stance to charge 10x more than the standard industry rate for payment card processing.
- dkonofalski 5y agoNo it's not... In-app purchases also require hosting, download, and update services. The apps themselves do but the purchases do also. The $99/yr only covers the license to develop an app.