[mvdtnz]

> I don't know how this argument can hold? Malls charge their tenant stores a fee to lease space. Why shouldn't app stores?

Most of us don't object to Google charging a fee for each app sale (although I still think 30% is exorbitant). But they charge a fee for every transaction the app charges and I think that's absolutely obscene. The mall doesn't charge the shoe shop 30% of every pair of shoes they sell.

[crazygringo]

It has to be the same rate across app purchase and in-app transactions.

Otherwise every app will be free but charge a transaction to unlock its functionality.

[mvdtnz]

And what's the excuse for Google getting a cut of every book an e-book reader sells? Or every monthly charge from a subscription based video service like Nebula?

[crazygringo]

They already charge less for those -- 10–15% rather than 30%:

https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/mediaprogram/

But the excuse is that it's their platform and they set the rules. If you don't like it, you don't have to build a business selling there.

[tiltowait]

If they didn't charge for IAP, then every dev would go "free"+IAP, and Google/Apple would get nothing.

[spywaregorilla]

Which is precisely what they deserve

[donkers]

So they’re supposed to run all the infra and services for apps as a charity?

[spywaregorilla]

if they're putting up barriers to let other people do it as an alternative then yes

[gyudin]

15% for the first million of dollars annually though. That’s majority of the devs.