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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by fr2null on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:47PM (#30211959)
$99/year is literally nothing for most companies. Furthermore, Android has competing app stores, yet by far the biggest one is still the Play Store. Lots of developers (and users) did not and would not chose other distribution methods.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by joseloyaio on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:56PM (#30213074)
That's a lot. That's basically a $9/month SaaS.

They are not subsidized at all.

I've seen cheaper subscription services that also come with support, hosting and services.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by charcircuit on Friday February 04, 2022 @05:16PM (#30214107)
It's less than a day's worth of wages for a software engineer and provides you a potential audience of millions of users.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by AndriyKunitsyn on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:55PM (#30217127)
"A potential audience of millions of users" means less than it implies. If I just put my work online, have I got the audience of billions of Internet users? Probably yes, but it doesn't mean much - I still need to tell people about my work somehow so they would be interested in it.

If we think about how App Store can actually actively help us in promoting an app, without specifically buying ad in the App Store - which doesn't cost $99/year, it costs much more - it's not exactly appealing. Epic's CEO showed how bad the App Store search is in finding apps that users specifically search for: https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/101985252700794470...

And why wouldn't it be bad? Iphone users don't have any better.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by dwaite on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:02PM (#30217201)
Apple developer accounts come with support, hosting and services.
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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by benhurmarcel on Saturday February 05, 2022 @03:21PM (#30225480)
Not all apps are developed by companies.
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