[stevefeinstein]

How quickly people forget this. It went quickly from Apple is changing the game, and giving developers an unprecedented cut of the sale of their apps. And for their 30% they host it, they process the credit cards, they provide the iCloud infrastructure and notifications for free, they make it searchable in their store. No one said it wasn't a good deal.

But a few years pass, and now it's the Apple Tax? Some people could promote and sell it themselves for less. A lot less? Maybe, maybe not. But most of us could never ever do it for the 30%. Why does everyone think they're the smartest one in the room these days? Odds are, you're really not. Sorry. You're just not.

[nojvek]

Well appstore is a walled monopoly and has pretty awful discovery. There's a huge tail and only the top 10 really make it.

They are using their monopolistic stance to kill others. But then it's their platform and they can do as they please. They gotta make the $$$ to keep shareholders happy with ever expanding profits.

Welcome to America.

[Tanegashima]

Just look at Android, despite having 85% or more of the smartphone market...

[csomar]

What you say is great if I was able to install Apps from anywhere and not limited to the App Store.