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In fact, Apple is already pretty clear in its developer agreement [0] that the 30% commission is for "its services as Your agent and/or commissionaire" (Schedul
by lolinder 3y ago
In fact, Apple is already pretty clear in its developer agreement [0] that the 30% commission is for "its services as Your agent and/or commissionaire" (Schedule 2 3.4), not for its services as a payment processor. They are contractually allowed to take the 30% fee out of payments collected, but merely using a different payment processor doesn't remove the obligation to pay them for their other "services as Your agent and/or commissionaire".
[0] https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/apple-developer-program-license-agreement/ https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/apple-developer-pr...
- judge2020 3y agoI think the main thing is they'd drop it to 26/27% to comply with how they can't perform anti-competitive actions to prevent developers from using another payment processor. If it was still a flat 30%, developers would be losing ~=3% more on every transaction with the overhead that comes with using another processor.
- ghayes 3y agoThis is exactly what they are doing: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/16/us-app-store-alternative-purchase-option/ https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/16/us-app-store-alternativ...