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Re:Facebook threatens to make iOS users pay. Please do it, M... by ericmay on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:55PM (#27080202)
I think it's because the Google Play Store allows the behavior that Apple is banning, so why bother?

I don't think users would shy away from mainstream apps like Facebook if they moved to another app store platform.

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Re:Facebook threatens to make iOS users pay. Please do it, M... by yyyk on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:19PM (#27081919)
The Play Store takes 30%, in addition to their own set of restrictions. Surely 30% must be a large motivator for some mainstream apps moving to another store - it just turns out few users on Android will go for that.
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Re:Facebook threatens to make iOS users pay. Please do it, M... by ericmay on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:19AM (#27086873)
Why would Facebook care about the 30%? They care about being allowed to track users (as Google does).
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Re:Facebook threatens to make iOS users pay. Please do it, M... by yyyk on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:44PM (#27090086)
Because 30% is big money. FB might be able to compensate enough, but plenty of apps can't. There should have been enough pull to have a SpotifyStore and an UberStore, or even a SpotifyUberStore. Yet it doesn't happen at all.
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Re:Facebook threatens to make iOS users pay. Please do it, M... by ericmay on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#27095735)
What is Google charging Facebook 30% for? In-app transactions?
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