IMO, the money isn't even the worst problem with the app store. The worst one is that they force you, the app developer, to change your platform, whatever it is, to accommodate ever-changing arbitrary Apple policies. Real-life example: apps getting rejected with the reason that while reviewing, they typed "porn" into the search bar and gasp naked people came up! Your own rules allow it, but Apple won't let you have it. Even if you rate your app 18+. Same goes for all the copyright stuff.

Also funny how Apple keeps trying to spin its insane rules as a universally good thing. Not everyone is a US corporation. Sexuality is a very important part of a person's life. Get over it.