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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by goosedragons on Saturday August 10, 2024 @02:42PM (#41211390)
You do know that iPhone updates were free prior to the App Store right? And that OS X still had paid updates even after the introduction Mac App Store? And that macOS didn't start being used until 10.12 well after upgrades went free?

Commission revenue doesn't explain Apple's free updates nor is a requirement for them. Software updates were free for many Windows Mobile handsets despite there being no central MS owned and tithed Windows Mobile software store.

EDIT: And early Mac OS releases prior to System 7 were free too!

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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by okanat on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:39PM (#41220771)
Windows updates has always been free too. Microsoft still made quite a bit money from new sales of Windows and corporate subscriptions until they switched to ad-infested model. Why Apple cannot? They have the biggest margins in hardware sales alone compared to other hardware vendors.
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