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by Improvotter 1645 days ago
> You can currently find over 90 curated apps in AppCenter, [...]

I don't think this is as impressive as they think it is. On the contrary, this seems to be a very very small number that I wonder why it's mentioned in the first place. I don't use these GUI frontends, but if we ever want any Linux distro to be more user-friendly. Almost everything should be available.

Also I noticed that Elementary is taking a 30% cut (with a 50c minimum) which I find obnoxiously high. We have been complaining about Apple and Google, yet "we"(?) cannot seem to be doing better ourselves. It's a bit disappointing.
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_zooted 1645 days ago
I just tried elementaryOS and the selection of apps is terrible. There is almost nothing there that you actually need and of the apps that were there I found either unusable or so lacking in functionality compared to other apps it wasn't worth trying to compromise.

> Also I noticed that Elementary is taking a 30% cut (with a 50c minimum) which I find obnoxiously high

It does seem really high considering they are just taking from one Stripe account to another.

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