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So 30% of the eBay fees and 30% off the Amazon marketplace fees should be fair game

• lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago
  That doesn't seem to hold up. If I buy something on eBay it's not any different from, e.g., buying stock on Robin Hood. There is an agreement between two parties, neither of whom are the people distributing the app, to make an exchange of money to [the eBay item] or stocks. Apple does not claim a cut of the exchange of stocks, but they do claim a cut of the transaction fees for the exchange of stocks. If eBay or Amazon charged a transaction fee to facilitate their transactions, that would be an in-app purchase of which Apple would claim 30%.
  • rdtwo 4y ago
    But they do, all eBay transactions have a 5-15% fee and Amazon 3rd part is the same
    • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago
      I see. In that case, I'd agree these fees should be fair game by the same logic. That does make me curious what's different here, if anything.
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  • awinder 4y ago
    “Apple does not claim a cut of the exchange of stocks, but they do claim a cut of the transaction fees for the exchange of stocks.” Are you sure / how? I’m not going to sign up for robinhood to confirm but my brokerage transacts with my bank, not in-app purchasing, pretty sure robinhood is the same. I’m pretty sure the differentiation is that stocks aren’t considered digital goods. And neither is coinbase’s mainline business which is allowed to facilitate buying & selling crypto without paying fees, even on their transaction fees, which users pay.