Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update

Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by gigatexal on Saturday August 10, 2024 @04:56AM (#41208222)

All the heavy handed stuff about what can be allowed in the AppStore beyond porn, grifting apps that trick people, and malware is fine.

But anything more than that Apple should stop.

But also companies should just pay the tax— pass the costs onto consumers. Epic selling fake gems in game at 70 percent profit instead of 95 is just the cost of being allowed to sell to the billion most valuable customers.

How much time are companies and people spending fighting Apple instead of innovating or trying new things?

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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by gigatexal on Saturday August 10, 2024 @11:02AM (#41210008)

I’m an American living in Germany. But while living in the US and being employed by a US company i was beholden (still am … but that’s a different story) to US taxes. By paying taxes I participate in and benefit from all public goods. I’m Protected, free, etc etc.

In the same way if you want to sell to Apple customers until recently anyway you gotta abide the AppStore in the same way if I want to benefit from the American system I’m beholden to pay US taxes.

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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by maeil on Saturday August 10, 2024 @11:50AM (#41210294)

There's a reason why the world outside of the US and Eritrea sees citizenship-based taxation as a completely bonkers concept.

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