Apple reforms App Store rules to allow third-party payment methods in the U.S. but will still charge a commission fee
Apple reforms App Store rules to allow third-party payment methods in the U.S. but will still charge a commission fee
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Apple reforms App Store rules to allow third-party payment methods in the U.S. but will still charge a commission fee - gHacks Tech News
“You don’t need to use us for payments but you still need to pay us for the payments we had nothing to do with” is perfectly monopolistic
Well, they do provide the AppStore and the whole underlying infrastructure. So a fee in and off itself is not unreasonable.
However, since the AppStore is the only channel for selling/downloading apps it reeks of monopoly (which Apple is rightly being investigated for).
It is unreasonable if they are not the one providing payment infra.
They already charge developers 100$ pa for the app store account. If that doesn't cover their costs, they can increase it, but going after 3rd party payments is pure greed.
Why does providing the App Store entitle them to a percentage of in app purchases instead of, say, a fee per download or something?
Sounds eerily similar to taxes.
Taxes contribute to providing services and infrastructure to the people. This takes money from the people and deposits it into the bank accounts of the wealthy. I see two very different things.