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I don’t care that developers have to pay 30%, it makes no difference to me. If that fee went away… it would just give them 30% more profit.
by MagicMoonlight 1y ago
I don’t care that developers have to pay 30%, it makes no difference to me. If that fee went away… it would just give them 30% more profit.
- ocdtrekkie 1y agoIn a lot of cases prices would go down, that extra 30% makes app development often pretty unprofitable if you aren't the store. And a lot of things just aren't available on mobile because of the cut. Most apps which offer movies or books for sale for instance only let you view them on the phone, you have to buy on the web.
- JustExAWS 1y ago90% of in app purchases on the App Store come from pay to win games. I don’t think the cost of loot boxes and coins would go down. The 90% number came from the Epic Trial. The other major players in the App Store haven’t allowed in app purchases for years.
- knifie_spoonie 1y agoDevelopers getting paid better is a good thing, surely?
- dijit 1y agoI think the argument here is that there's less good apps because it's a difficult market and your profits are being garnished too aggressively for it to be a viable option when seeking investment for novel ideas. It's not about "having less profit" necessarily, it's about it being a more risky business with a lower potential ceiling making investment less likely and thus: a dearth of Apps. (reading charitably, of course).
- Hammershaft 1y agoGrocery stores on average make ~1-4% profit on revenue. Hungary has a sales tax of 27%. Do you think that if Hungary eliminated the sales tax that Hungarian grocery stores would make 28-31% profits?
- pessimizer 1y agoIs this the civil rights struggle for middle-men and compradors? You lack a preference that your money go to people who work as opposed to people who don't work and stand between you and the people who do, collecting tolls?