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FWIW you can apply for Apple Small Business Program to reduce it to 15% cut. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/ https://developer.ap

• microtonal 3y ago
  I know, but I am still paying the 30% for every app I purchase that is not from a small business.
  • sbuk 3y ago
    You're not paying the 30%; the vendor is paying 15-30%. Prices wouldn't drop by 30% if Apple removed the requirement, and I'd suggest that it's extremely naive to argue otherwise.
    • kelnos 3y ago
      I think it's more complicated than that. Yes, sellers price at whatever they believe the market can bear. But certainly some do push (past?) that envelope because of that 30%. Without as much pressure on their final take, at least some sellers wouldn't feel pressured to price quite so high. Some may have to pad their pricing (and accept the fact of fewer buyers) simply because they can't make their business work otherwise. Also consider, though, that we have nothing to compare to. Since app developers can't sell outside the App Store, we have no way of knowing what they'd do if they weren't subject to that 30% cut. But for that comparison: consider food delivery apps. Restaurants have to pay similar portions of their take to the food delivery services. And many restaurants do inflate their menu prices on the food delivery apps. So clearly there's some elasticity in "what the market will bear", since they charge different prices for in-person or to-go dining vs. food bought through a third-party delivery service. There's no reason why this should be any different for apps sold on the App Store.