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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by Spivak on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:57PM (#26998509)
Would you be okay with allowing alternative payments methods if Apple still billed you 30% of your revenue rather than collecting it at the point of sale?

Because if no then it is about the fee and not the payment processing.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by huhtenberg on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:29PM (#26998874)
Not sure I follow. What would justify this 30% cut in this case? The fact that they are forcing all app installs to be done through the AppStore? A fair fraction of vendors don't need that the exact same way they don't need payments to be funneled through Apple. It's Apple's choice. No reason why the vendors should be forced to pay for it.
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