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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by olliej on Saturday August 10, 2024 @02:12PM (#41211231)
Consumer pays for the hardware, or are you suggesting the software updates should be paid again?

This is a genuine question - Google pays for android updates to be free because the android business model is spyware to support Google’s ad business. Apples business model is the same as Xbox, PlayStation, etc where the developers for those platforms are paying MS, Sony, Nintendo, etc

Apple isn’t even charging high rates: their commissions match or are lower than other stores, when those other stores are literally only providing payment services.

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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by talldayo on Saturday August 10, 2024 @05:23PM (#41212307)
> Apples business model is the same as Xbox, PlayStation

This would be closer to reality if Apple didn't drive hardware margins that are quite literally orders-of-magnitude larger than any comparable games console. When the Nintendo Switch launched it was shipping below-cost after accounting for shipping, whereas there has never been a modern Apple product that didn't ship with profitable hardware.

So when you scrutinize the two no, they really aren't similar. Apple cannot use the same excuse that Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo use.

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