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“As low as 15%” Great! That’s so much cheaper than the 0% you can get on other platforms. This used to be acceptable when Apple was innovating and providing

“As low as 15%” Great! That’s so much cheaper than the 0% you can get on other platforms. This used to be acceptable when Apple was innovating and providing extra value, today it doesn’t fly.

frizlab 2y ago
You’re really delusional if you think you can get 0% on any platform ever…
- _factor 2y ago
  Let’s do a test. Write a hello world application and make a subscription for it for $1/mo. Publish it in git and offer it on the web, Windows, iOS and Android. Beyond your time investment, which platforms costs more than $0?
  - frizlab 2y ago
    All of them.
    - _factor 2y ago
      I think you’re mistaken in regards to Apple. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/17/apples-decision-to-charge-27-commission-on-external-payments-draws-criticism/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/17/apples-...
      - frizlab 2y ago
        First iOS support 2 platforms since iOS 2: the web and the App Store. You deploy for the web, you deploy for iOS. (Direct quotes from a WWDC.) Now assuming you’re talking about the App Store I don’t get your point anyway. For all platforms you’re gonna have to pay something at some point so all of them cost more than 0$.
        _factor 2y ago
        And how many features are unavailable for the web? It’s not apples to apples. The point is that you don’t need to pay if you’re hosting a github pages pwa. The backend costs are shared. There’s a reason Apple got into the credit card business, the extra a fee for every transaction model has been their core for a very long time, it was natural.
_mlbt 2y ago
What other platforms provide what Apple provides at 0%? As a hobbyist I love having international commerce largely papered over and abstracted away. There’s no need to worry about exchange rates, taxes, hosting, or bandwidth. This is well worth the 15% to me.

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“As low as 15%” Great! That’s so much cheaper than the 0% you can get on other platforms. This used to be acceptable when Apple was innovating and providing

by _factor 2y ago

“As low as 15%” Great! That’s so much cheaper than the 0% you can get on other platforms. This used to be acceptable when Apple was innovating and providing extra value, today it doesn’t fly.

frizlab 2y ago
You’re really delusional if you think you can get 0% on any platform ever…
- _factor 2y ago
  Let’s do a test. Write a hello world application and make a subscription for it for $1/mo. Publish it in git and offer it on the web, Windows, iOS and Android. Beyond your time investment, which platforms costs more than $0?
  - frizlab 2y ago
    All of them.
    - _factor 2y ago
      I think you’re mistaken in regards to Apple. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/17/apples-decision-to-charge-27-commission-on-external-payments-draws-criticism/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/17/apples-...
      - frizlab 2y ago
        First iOS support 2 platforms since iOS 2: the web and the App Store. You deploy for the web, you deploy for iOS. (Direct quotes from a WWDC.) Now assuming you’re talking about the App Store I don’t get your point anyway. For all platforms you’re gonna have to pay something at some point so all of them cost more than 0$.
        _factor 2y ago
        And how many features are unavailable for the web? It’s not apples to apples. The point is that you don’t need to pay if you’re hosting a github pages pwa. The backend costs are shared. There’s a reason Apple got into the credit card business, the extra a fee for every transaction model has been their core for a very long time, it was natural.
_mlbt 2y ago
What other platforms provide what Apple provides at 0%? As a hobbyist I love having international commerce largely papered over and abstracted away. There’s no need to worry about exchange rates, taxes, hosting, or bandwidth. This is well worth the 15% to me.