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Reminder: Apple gets up to 30% of subscriptions set up in any iPhone app! It's a huge tax on the European economy. ๐Ÿ’ก Tip: Cancel and resubscribe on the app's website. (i.postimg.cc)
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[โ€“] choutos@europe.pub 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

30%. That's robbery, it should be illegal.

[โ€“] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would be fine IF iOS allowed other app stores to compete with their own. This is why it's fine when steam does it, because the game developers can always go to GOG or Epic or itch if they want

[โ€“] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Steam has the biggest reach and has a Most Favored Nation policy. If you offer your product cheaper anywhere else, you'll be exiled from Steam.

It's required. And they'll charge whatever the fuck they want and you'll pay it. Otherwise, you're never selling your game outside of your family.

[โ€“] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

This is completely incorrect.

The rule is that

You cannot generate Steam codes and sell them on alternative storefronts for less than you would sell them for on Steam for a similar length of time.

There is absolutely no rule saying that you cannot sell your game on alternative store fronts for less. There isn't even a rule saying that you can't sell Steam keys on alternative store fronts for less than you are currently selling them of Steam. Just not always selling Steam keys on alternative store fronts without at least sometimes selling them for that price on Steam.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It pays for the development of system apis, update infrastructure, software deployment infrastructure, software development sdks and toolkits, among a bunch of other very expensive to maintain infrastructure. There's the argument to be made to force them to allow competition, but I don't think you can call it robbery from an informed 10000 foot view because everything they provide is extremely expensive and extensively technical to host/construct on your own.

[โ€“] choutos@europe.pub -1 points 1 week ago

Which doesn't justify a cut of a 30%. I'm not saying they shouldn't charge anything, but this is at usurious levels.