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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by powerapple on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:23AM (#24315109)
Of course Epic wants to keep more of their profit to themselves. Especially if they have to give a way tens of millions not just a few thousands. I think it is fair for Apple to cap their charges. If they need to take a percentage, they should take a percentage of profit rather than sales to be honest. Unity model is a good example in my opinion.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by hirako2000 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:42AM (#24315191)
Afaik Unity royalties are based on revenue, not profit. Balance sheets are not difficult to mascarade, revenue is much harder to hide.

Though I agree a minimum revenue threshold would make sense. But that's not apples strategy. Their strategy is to subtly charge the massive amount of indie developers (developer account fee) and take 30% from the get go.

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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by trumpeta on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:41AM (#24315185)
I think Apple is in the “real estate”/rent business here. if you compare that to how big malls operate it’s pretty similar. They take a fixed fee plus a cut from the revenue in exchange for foot traffic.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by hirako2000 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:45AM (#24315202)
And they are in a sort of Las Vegas real estate market, made global. It must be difficult for them to resist the treasure, especially when stakeholders want to see greater and greater returns.
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