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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by secondcoming on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:35AM (#27255736)
Couldn't Apple recoup any losses by charging app publishers 'rent' to be listed on the app store?
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by joshuaissac on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:36PM (#27258805)
They already charge this: 99 USD annually.

https://developer.apple.com/programs/how-it-works/

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by natch on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:39PM (#27256880)
No.

Think it through: free apps would not be able to afford the rent, so they would need a discount.

Then in the limit all apps would become free, so as to get the discount.

But some apps would be making a killing with external payment methods, while other apps would be making nothing.

Meantime Apple would also be making nothing.

I would think Apple has thought about this.

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