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In your analogy Apple would be charging the gas station owner 30% not the person pumping. Why should the end-user care about developers fees? Apple built the en
by throwntoday 5y ago
In your analogy Apple would be charging the gas station owner 30% not the person pumping. Why should the end-user care about developers fees? Apple built the entire ecosystem and infrastructure, they should be allowed to charge whatever they like.
- bzzzt 5y agoAdding to that, they are a middle man preventing the gas station owner to collect my number plates, bank account details and purchase data and selling those to third parties. Cutting out the middle man just gives another corporation an advantage.
- throwntoday 5y agoPrecisely, most people are less likely to make purchases if any amount of friction is introduced. You wanna make me sign up through your payment service to use the app? No thanks. I'll pick an alternative that supports Apple Pay.
- rfoo 5y ago> Why should the end-user care about developers fees? Because it's actually the end-user (sometimes unknowingly) paying this 30% fee?