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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by simondotau on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:36AM (#27419668)
Of course, but I was responding to the specific claim that Apple "gets 30% for it."

Arguing about the $99/year developer fee is a pointless rabbit hole. You might as well also accuse Apple of selling the developers an iPhone and a Mac for developing the scam app. And then don't forget to accuse the electrical grid operator of selling electricity to the scammers.

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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by webmobdev on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:00AM (#27423365) 

    Arguing about the $99/year developer fee is a pointless rabbit hole.
No, it isn't - till Apple instituted this practice developers never paid any company for the privilege of creating software and adding value to their platform. Whether the app is free or paid, Apple still makes money when a developer wants to distribute the app on their platform and this acts as another incentive for them to be lax.
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Re:Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams by simondotau on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:44PM (#27427468)
You have a serious issue with the concept of scale if you think that Apple, a trillion dollar company, is in any way influenced by a $99/year developer fee. Any possible positive incentive is grossly outstripped by the risk of reputational damage.

Do you seriously think that Apple values the promise of a scammer’s $99 fee recurring next year more then they would value having fewer scams in their store?

I genuinely believe you’re being unserious here.

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