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Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by ct520 on Monday August 17, 2020 @08:42PM (#24194079)
It's the fact when you get large enough and force things that are considered unrealistic or anti competitive platform it becomes an issue. This isn't new to American business. It evolves. It use to be oil, steel, ATT, Microsoft.. Now it's Apple. Tech is long over due for a overhaul only a matter of time until some politician uses it to add a feather to their cap. 30% cut of a sale of a mature economy is just crazy.
Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by dev_tty01 on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:54PM (#24195090)
>30% cut of a sale of a mature economy is just crazy.

That is why it isn't 30% after the first year. It is 15% for subscription based software starting year 2. As I pointed out earlier, Apple also eats credit card transaction costs (~2.5%) and the costs of collecting and paying sales tax in 50 states and 155 countries, app store personnel, servers, etc...

Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by fomine3 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:23AM (#24196091)
Just only for recurring subscription. There's very little reason to be.