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EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by dwazou@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Fuck the stupid morons who defend Apple.

Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from installing the software they want on their computer.

Imagine if Microsoft required all software developers to give them 30% of their earning or Microsoft will ban them from Windows

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[โ€“] rbits@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree that the 30% cut is too much. The only reason I give them a pass is because Steam is really good (at least, as a user). But I still want them to lower it.

[โ€“] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 4 hours ago

For a dev those 30% are very much worth it because Steam has tons of customers and very good recommendation algorithms, you gain more in additional sales than what you lose from the cut. Could they do with less probably but they're not extorting devs. There's a reason why Epic had to do stuff like guarantee sales and provide huge advances to get anyone onto their excuse for a platform.