Re:Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big selle...
by whydoineedthis on Sunday December 02, 2018 @09:58AM
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1 decade down and iTunes hasn't budged. I suspect your 100yr timeframe is close
Re:Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big selle...
by giobox on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:41PM
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If we stick to software and not tangent to movies/tv (itunes), Apple have absolutely moved some on this issue, since 2016 the App Store now offers 15-85 revenue shares for subscriptions once the user has subscribed for over a year.
Sure it’s slow progress, but it is progress.
> https://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/08/apple-major-app-store-c...
Re:Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big selle...
by Praxish on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:00PM
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Maybe not 100 years but substantial time. More likely, we need a platform transition as an inflection point that creates oppty for new market entrants. Part of new entrant's disruptive value prop may be better rev share terms.
Your best bet is an Epic Store, which will hopefully charge commissions of 8-12%.
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/tim-sweeney-not-sure-why-stea...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/29/app_store_duopoly_3...
Valve and the other large platform holders know that if they abandon 30%, there is no going back. Over time that 'platform tax' will get pushed lower and lower, until it basically reaches the marginal cost of transacting the sale and bandwidth. They are trying to hold that off as long, long as possible. At this rate it could be 100 years though.