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The point is that it's all just an excuse. So long as the app store is your only alternative they can charge 30% and get away with it, and they'll say whatever

The point is that it's all just an excuse. So long as the app store is your only alternative they can charge 30% and get away with it, and they'll say whatever you want to hear so long as it lets them continue to do that. They don't really give a shit about you, they just want your money.

Razengan 1y ago
> they can charge 30% and get away with it Ok so what? No really. Who charges less and handles hosting, unlimited downloads, updates and provides a reach to millions of users? Steam takes how much? $100 PER FUCKING APP!!? Google? Xbox? PlayStation? Nintendo? Good luck putting your crap on GoDaddy and reaching even 10 users a week, without a LOT of words in a LOT of mouths. As a user, I have plenty of nits to pick with Apple [0], but again as a user, the 30% ""aPpLe TaX"" isn't one of them, and even as a dev it'll be long before it becomes an issue to even think about. The only people bitching about it are the mobsters wanting a bigger cut of the pie. Who started this whole hullabaloo anyway? Epic, a paragon of the common folk? hah. And scummy corps like Match.com the owners of Tinder etc. wow Yeah downvote this but literally no actual user ever whined about the 30% like you guys do. Users moan about shitty shovelware, shitty search. What we SHOULD be pitchforking about is not why Apple takes 30%, but about why is Apple not using all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for everyone?? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556132