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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by gsich on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:56PM (#24321245)
Those don't fit in your comparison here. While Google Play might be seen as the only way, there is nothing to stop you from going to some other store (F-Droid e.g). Also you are not forced as a developer to go Steam or Epic. You could just offer a download from your website. Also, at least with Steam and Epic you can generate keys that you can sell outside of those stores in which you keep 100%. That's choice.

You don't have that choice in iOS.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:42AM (#24322387)
> While Google Play might be seen as the only way, there is nothing to stop you from going to some other store (F-Droid e.g).

Over upcoming releases of AOSP, Google intends to disable sideloading in Android, except for that tiny tech audience who knows how to enable developer mode and install over the command line. So, both direct APK downloads and F-Droid will be accessible to fewer ordinary Android users than is already the case. Definitely not enough people to build an app business on.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by fomine3 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @10:30PM (#24327995)
It still allows sideload without developer mode, unlike iOS.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/24/android-11-install-...

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by heavyset_go on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:42PM (#24325350)
> Over upcoming releases of AOSP, Google intends to disable sideloading in Android, except for that tiny tech audience who knows how to enable developer mode and install over the command line.

This is a gross and anti-competitive overstep.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by noisem4ker on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:25PM (#24326060)
Have you got any source for this claim?
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