> I think I even find it a little disturbing that fees paid to Isn't it pretty typical in many (most?) industries that dev cost is not the dominant part? Even

> I think I even find it a little disturbing that fees paid to Isn't it pretty typical in many (most?) industries that dev cost is not the dominant part? Even pretty "pure" development like a movie or a game can have a bigger marketing budget than entire production cost, let alone salary only. Other industries R&D is often kept to 10-15% of costs (M&A complicates this).