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by kaba0 641 days ago
Steam is not publicly traded, though. Apple can’t really say no to “more profit”, otherwise they will be immediately made to resign.
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They give money away, and they actually reduced their fees for the apps with almost no transactions, so obviously they have a fair bit of wiggle-room on what is an acceptable quantity of profit.
That was in response to court cases and regulatory threats. It wasn’t some choice they made out of the blue.