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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by ticmasta on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:47AM (#24579754)
70% of an apple purchase goes to the app developer. That's not ripping off developers.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by christopherwxyz on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:55AM (#24579858)
Apple doesn’t charge itself a 30% fee when it competes with other developers for the same paying users.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by sithlord on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:37PM (#24580485)
And you dont charge yourself what the lawn companies charge you to cut your yard. I don't really get your point.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by christopherwxyz on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:06PM (#24580849)
Your example is faulty. No one pays you to cut your own lawn.

People pay Apple to listen to Apple Music.

People pay Apple to watch TV+.

Other competitors have to pay 30% for every customer before they can even compete with their own product.

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