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> I don't know how this argument can hold? Malls charge their tenant stores a fee to lease space. Why shouldn't app stores? Most of us don't object to Google c
by mvdtnz 3y ago
> I don't know how this argument can hold? Malls charge their tenant stores a fee to lease space. Why shouldn't app stores?
Most of us don't object to Google charging a fee for each app sale (although I still think 30% is exorbitant). But they charge a fee for every transaction the app charges and I think that's absolutely obscene. The mall doesn't charge the shoe shop 30% of every pair of shoes they sell.
- tiltowait 3y agoIf they didn't charge for IAP, then every dev would go "free"+IAP, and Google/Apple would get nothing.
- spywaregorilla 3y agoWhich is precisely what they deserve
- donkers 3y agoSo they’re supposed to run all the infra and services for apps as a charity?
- spywaregorilla 3y agoif they're putting up barriers to let other people do it as an alternative then yes
- crazygringo 3y agoIt has to be the same rate across app purchase and in-app transactions. Otherwise every app will be free but charge a transaction to unlock its functionality.
- mvdtnz 3y agoAnd what's the excuse for Google getting a cut of every book an e-book reader sells? Or every monthly charge from a subscription based video service like Nebula?
- crazygringo 3y agoThey already charge less for those -- 10–15% rather than 30%: https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/mediaprogram/ https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/mediaprogram/ But the excuse is that it's their platform and they set the rules. If you don't like it, you don't have to build a business selling there.
- mvdtnz 3y ago[flagged]
- crazygringo 3y agoPlease don't be patronizing. It's insulting and uncalled for. Perhaps we simply have a disagreement? Rather than either person not "getting" something.
- gyudin 3y ago15% for the first million of dollars annually though. That’s majority of the devs.