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the App Store ads are egregiously bad

• Razengan 1y ago
  I guess Apple deserves the Samsung ads that Google gives you when you search for "iPhone"
• array_key_first 1y ago
  They also should not exist - Apple gets money for free from the app store. They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible. After a certain point, the greed has to stop. This is far too much.
  • artursapek 1y ago
    I mean, they develop iOS. That's not nothing lol
    • array_key_first 1y ago
      They already get paid to do that - the 30% is completely unrelated to that. That's also optional. Apple chooses to develop iOS because it becomes a new pathway for siphoning money from consumers and developers, and allows them to create their walled garden. They could just stop at any point and use android or even off-the-shelf Linux with an OS mobile environment.
  • Razengan 1y ago
    > They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible. Hosting, bandwidth, discovery Every platform charges something. Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME. What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS
    • array_key_first 1y ago
      > Hosting, bandwidth, discovery Right, so as close to nothing as possible. How much does it cost to host a tarball of an app? Maaaaaybe 15 cents? > Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME. Well that's not true. > What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS That's exactly what I'm saying. They're taking 30% and then doing fuck-all. I can maybe, MAYBE, buy the 30% if the appstore was some paradise on Earth and my iPhone gave me a blowjob. But that's not the case. So what are we paying for?
      • Razengan 1y ago
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