Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your customers

Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by jjtheblunt on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:13AM (#24321304)

Considering the business partner angle, i wonder how expensive it was, 20 years ago, to market, securely deliver to consumers, and process payments from customers for small developers selling in CompUSA or BestBuy, while providing analytics on sales.

I wonder if it gave rise or "justification" to the 30% thing, but don't know.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by CuriouslyC on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:33AM (#24321389)

The margins on retailers are razor slim, and publishers did handle a lot of marketing and front money. Apple has a muppet play with the app for a bit then they add a row to a database. They are absolutely bleeding developers to capitalize on their silly mindshare.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by crowbahr on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:22AM (#24321347)

Compared with other publishers of software 30% was probably pretty reasonable.

Now it's just simply not.

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