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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by choward on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:58PM (#22085843)
Don't they skim like 30% or something crazy like that off the top of every purchase? If so, I wouldn't call it "solved".
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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:06PM (#22085896)
When you consider the infrastructure provided for hosting, payment processing, distribution, and the storefront itself, 30% is not unreasonable.
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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by monocasa on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:47PM (#22086197)
That 30% is on more than $60B/yr for apple. Are you suggesting that their overhead for running app store is anywhere within even a couple orders of magnitude of $20B/yr?
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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:22PM (#22093339)
I'm suggesting that, compared to what you'd pay to do these things for yourself, 30% is a steal. There's a reason people are ok with paying it.
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