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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by paulgb on Saturday August 29, 2020 @08:06AM (#24315523)
I'd say the difference is that the tax is not uniformly charged by a middleman. If a mall made its profit by charging 43% on every purchase, I would think of it (informally) as a tax.
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Re:Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account by vr46 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @02:59PM (#24325030)
But suppose that mall didn't charge for anything else? Electricity, water, security, gravity all came free, and you just paid only if you made a sale? (Ok, there's a $100 developer fee and the cost of a Mac and iOS device.)

Maybe Apple should offer two deals to publishers: 1) Pay £1,000,000 up front and keep all the revenue 2) Pay As You Earn.

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