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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by readams on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:28AM (#24321371)
It's value that they created only by preventing business from servicing themselves. It's more like demanding payment for not torching your shop than by offering a unique value generating service.

If the app store were really so incredibly great for app developers then Apple should have no trouble allowing alternate app stores.

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Re:Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your ... by baddox on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:02AM (#24321861)
> It's value that they created only by preventing business from servicing themselves.

Well, and building a product and ecosystem nearly from scratch that arguably started an industry that’s now around half a trillion dollars a year.

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