Why does providing the App Store entitle them to a percentage of in app purchases instead of, say, a fee per download or something?
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scorpionix@feddit.de 5 months agoWell, they do provide the AppStore and the whole underlying infrastructure. So a fee in and off itself is not unreasonable.
However, since the AppStore is the only channel for selling/downloading apps it reeks of monopoly (which Apple is rightly being investigated for).
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If you think about it, a fee per app download is a lot less flexible when it comes to monetising purchases. Means free apps either become paid or shove into you a lot more micro transactions. That exact model is what made devs get mad at unity (although unity doesn’t provide the download infrastructure)
Michal@programming.dev 5 months ago
It is unreasonable if they are not the one providing payment infra.
They already charge developers 100$ pa for the app store account. If that doesn’t cover their costs, they can increase it, but going after 3rd party payments is pure greed.