Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoApple reforms App Store rules to allow third-party payment methods in the U.S. but will still charge a commission feewww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkApple reforms App Store rules to allow third-party payment methods in the U.S. but will still charge a commission feewww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarescorpionix@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 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).
minus-squareMichal@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt 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.
Well, 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).
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.