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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by Waterfall on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:49AM (#24155483)
In their profit reports I am told that the 30% is not profit it just maintains the app store. I read that from some jailbreakers, they seemed legit since it was talking about how apple locks it down too much. It was in the earnings report, so they didn't have a reason to lie (I think). I wonder if they cook the numbers or something to lie about it.
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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by jeffisabelle on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:28AM (#24155715)
According to the article [1] - App store made 11.5 Billion $ revenue in 2017. That's like 30 million dollars per day. I'm not even going to argue that you need such money to maintain a static binary distribution platform.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/01/06/apples-ap...

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by Waterfall on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:45PM (#24163023)
Revenue is not profit. I am not saying I believe them but it was in their earnings report. I think maybe it doesn't turn profit the same way that movies lose money.
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