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- Interesting to see how this will play out; @mantrakid would have some insider knowledge...ideaist
- The $100 apple developer fee is enough. Maybe 2-5% for the cost of running the platform and processing cc fees, but that's all they're doing.SteveJobs
- It's like a webhost trying taking 30% of your website's revenue.SteveJobs
- They do a lot more than host, though. Perhaps 30% is a bit much but Apple doesn’t a great job of keeping junk apps outGnash
- IMO they should have a lower rate by default and a higher rate for games they actually support through marketing, featuring etc.mantrakid
- So when they actually DO SOMETHING to help an app grow, they take more $, otherwise, if all they are doing is listing it, give us a break!mantrakid
- Yeah, I think those in favor of Apple on this subject clearly haven't labored over an app for months or years hahaSteveJobs
- I thought tencent pretty much owns epic. The analogy in the pic doesn't work...pango
- Apple isn't doing anything to earn a cut of in-app purchases; the app is already paid for at that stage, any benefit of being on their platform accounted for.i_monk
- the 'prob' (to apple) is free to play apps that make 100% of their revenue from IAP, subscriptions or ads. Apple makes $0 from a game's in-app ad revenue...mantrakid
- So they take a cut of the IAP, sure... but you'll notice MANY premium apps that used to be $3 or whatever have since switched to subscriptions...mantrakid
- So now those same apps (that you may have already paid for 5 years ago and thought you had unlimited use of) now charge $3-5 a MONTH just to use them...mantrakid
- Apple has actively encouraged this to developers "MAKE MORE MONEY" they tout, but the bottom line is it makes more money for THEM without having to do fuck all.mantrakid
- Were talking about a massive part of the industry that ANTICIPATES people forgetting about subscription fees or obfuscating the actual cost with free trials...mantrakid
- That eventually lapse into a paid subscription that becomes a hassle to refund / revert so some people without technical expertise or awareness can be exploitedmantrakid
- And all the while they get their 30% cut for doing nothing other than making it possible for these fucking apps to exist and fucking thrive.mantrakid
- but im jaded.mantrakid
- sorry if anyone from apple is reading this. i guess i just fucked myself there.mantrakid
- NOT THAT IT CAN GET MUCH WORSE HAHAAAAAAAmantrakid
- ditch crapple.pango
- i signed up to play Fortnite just to stick it to applesarahfailin
- https://memegenerato…pango
- 30% for giving the best hardware+software platform for anything these days...myeah it costs money to do quality stuffgrafician
- Best hardware??? Mehhhhh
Decent and premium, yes.pango