Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games
by nabla9 on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:23AM
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I'm not debating you.
I was just trying to protect other readers for falling your "prohibitively expensive" argument thrown in to the mix and force your lazy ass to work.
Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games
by troupo on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:26AM
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> I was just trying to protect other readers for falling your "prohibitively expensive" argument thrown in to the mix.
Never new that "having a letter of credit for 1 000 000 dollars" and "having to pay 0.5 cents for every install potentially amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars just because people are installing your app" isn't prohibitively expensive
> Now after you started Googling
That's what you did. I knew about all those charges before you pretended they are nothing to write home about.
You forgot that just to set up an alternative app store you need this:
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Provide Apple a stand-by letter of credit in the amount of €1,000,000 from a financial institution that’s at least A-rated or equivalent by S&P, Fitch, or Moody’s, and maintain that standby letter of credit as long as your alternative app marketplace is in operation
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> 0.5€ Core Technology fee per install
per install
So if your app is suddenly popular, you have to pay through the nose.
> This includes app reviews, manual updates, and fraud protection.
Why is Apple involved in app review on alternative app stores?
Why is Apple doing manual updates?
Considering the amount of scam apps on App Store, Apple isn't doing fraud protection in their own store.
> This tier is mandatory for any app that promotes external payment options.
Why? What does Apple have to do with external payment options?