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Originally Apply started out with 30%. Perhaps they thought at the time (remember, there were no apps then) that going higher would dissuade developers. Then ot
by argonaut 13y ago
Originally Apply started out with 30%. Perhaps they thought at the time (remember, there were no apps then) that going higher would dissuade developers. Then other app stores (Google Play, etc.) entered and charged 30%. Now, even with entrenched positions, raising the percentage would probably be very negative PR / developer relations. Dropping the percentage doesn't really make sense because you'd just be entering a price war (competitor immediately drops percentage, you both lose).
- saurik 13y agoActually, they were pushing lower, and is designed to compare favorably to retail distribution (which has so many middlemen and infrastructure related costs as to end up with very large and often unpredictable costs of business).