Comment on Apple’s biggest critics are big mad about the new 27 percent App Store tax

• 520@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It's a commission for access to a lucrative market that Apple created.

  Which Apple already got their money for. Or did you think those $1k iPhones were at cost?

  Apple gives away the developer tools and charges an extremely modest annual App Store fee, which also covers the review process and hosting.

  A review process they themselves mandate. You also forget they also charge 30% for anything sold through their store. Which they also mandate you use.

  It's been common for platform creators to charge third-party developers in some capacity for many decades.

  Not for services they aren't providing, it isn't.

  Some do it by charging high costs for the developer tools, others by charging a commission based on sales.

  Again, these are for services that are being provided. Apple is charging people to not use their own payment service.

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  • kirklennon@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You also forget they also charge 30% for anything sold through their store.

    That’s literally what we’re discussing.

    Not for services they aren't providing, it isn't.

    Third-party console game developers paid money to the console maker even for physical sales.

    Again, these are for services that are being provided. Apple is charging people to not use their own payment service.

    The payment service is 3%; the commission is the other 27%. That’s what a commission is. It’s for access to the market.

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    • 520@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s literally what we’re discussing.

      No, we are discussing services not sold through their store and not using their payment provider. That is literally the topic of the post.

      Third-party console game developers paid money to the console maker even for physical sales.

      Third party console games don't literally pay money to not use services.

      The payment service is 3%; the commission is the other 27%. That’s what a commission is. It’s for access to the market.

      And that doesn't strike you as patently fucking insane? 27%? For doing literally fucking nothing? For literally providing no added value beyond which you as a developer have already paid for?

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      • kirklennon@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, we are discussing services not sold through their store and not using their payment provider. That is literally the topic of the post.

        This is about purchases of virtual goods made by users of the app either directly in the app (30% combined commission and payment processing fees), or who click a link in the app to make the purchase using an external payment provider (27% commission). In all cases, these are sales originating from within the app.

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