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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by basch on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:36PM (#23566912)
There should be a difference between a 30% cut of an app (of which apple can say their toolkits and os development are part of the product offering) and a 30% cut of a subscription, especially a multiplatform subscription. if you could buy netflix with applepay, but then 90% of your netflix usage is not on apple devices, apple collects on that entire subscription.

Subscriptions should be priced more like a credit card transaction fee. They could have marginal brackets that increase slightly at scales, to account for bigger apps possibly causing more backed development work.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by jimkleiber on Thursday June 18, 2020 @10:28PM (#23570414)
I appreciate this comment, especially the end, because what I have sorely missed in most of the discussion on here and on Twitter are suggestions on what to do instead. If Apple is using monopoly power to bully iOS developers, what should Apple do? Charge subscriptions at 0%? Flat fee? Is 15% good? If they use Netflix on non-Apple hardware, should it be a revenue share?

I'm not saying Apple isn't breaking the law, I just really wish there were more suggestions on solutions on what they should do instead. So for that, I appreciate you helping me to see it in a more nuanced way.

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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by tekknik on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:24PM (#23570639)
if you buy something with apple pay the business does not pay a cut. if you buy something with in app purchases or in app subscriptions then you pay the 30%
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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by screwycaboose on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:58PM (#23570825)
There is a difference. Subscriptions only pay 30% of the first year. Every year after drops to 15%.
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