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I'm thinking Spotify would shout even louder indignations if smaller App Store developers don't even have to pay the $100. But look, everyone is not gonna be h
by bilbo0s 1y ago
I'm thinking Spotify would shout even louder indignations if smaller App Store developers don't even have to pay the $100.
But look, everyone is not gonna be happy with whatever structure Apple or the courts come up with. The courts might come up with a structure where people pay nothing unless the users use Apple payment systems to buy in-app. Guess what Spotify, you're still gonna be financing all the developers who'd rather choose to pay nothing and instead put up with the headaches and chargebacks of using payment systems outside of Apple.
Spotify doesn't want to finance the rest of us? Fine, when the time comes, make that choice not to use Apple payment systems. Now you're not financing the rest of us.
But you can't say, "I want to use Apple payment systems because the chargebacks are lower and people trust them more", on the one hand; and say, "but Apple should not use any of the money I generate to float infrastructure for other developers to also use their payment systems", on the other.
- cyberax 1y agoThere's a novel way: charge app developers the costs of running the AppStore, with a reasonable profit margin on top. To make it fair, have it as a separate unit, that Apple itself has to use for internal apps.