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A comment on Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic. Parent comment

Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by zapdrive on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:31AM (#25148076)
99$ could be a fees to show "true effort" for some developers in the world, while for others it could a monthly salary.

Also how can an app that has 500M downloads cost more to review than an app that has 500 downloads (considering both are paid apps and Apple charges 30% per download)?

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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by Zenbit_UX on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:26AM (#25149209)
> 99$ could be a fees to show "true effort" for some developers in the world, while for others it could a monthly salary.

Yup, that's why they do it...

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