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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by donmcronald on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:48PM (#24733707)
> When I was in college I interned at a company that negotiated retail placements for stuff like software. The 30% slice is a much better model than the terms our customers were stuck with.

When I was in middle school a computer costed as much as a small car. Times change. Physical distribution of most software is dead and the associated costs are completely different now.

Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by Spooky23 on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:00PM (#24735621)
Only for the tiny sliver of direct sales. There’s a whole industry of middlemen that exists for various reasons.