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Re:Telegram CEO Accuses Apple of Crushing Entrepreneurs by bdcravens on Saturday October 29, 2022 @05:23PM (#33388089)
Fair enough, but the topic was whether Apple was charging too much. Are you suggesting that if Apple opened up their platform to additional app stores or allowed sideloading, the 15% or 30% would be fair?
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Re:Telegram CEO Accuses Apple of Crushing Entrepreneurs by flax on Saturday October 29, 2022 @05:32PM (#33388143)
Yes. Take Google for example with exactly this approach. You can elect to put your apps on the play store with commission, or you can put them somewhere else under other terms.

Stores can then actually compete on merit.

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Re:Telegram CEO Accuses Apple of Crushing Entrepreneurs by pixl97 on Saturday October 29, 2022 @06:27PM (#33388591)
Yes.

See that's the thing about actual competition is a price can be determined by the market, especially in the case that you have many players rather than a duopoly. In my case Apple could charge whatever they wanted, 30%, fine. But me the app maker could go to the A+ store and pay 10% instead.

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