[array_key_first]

They also should not exist - Apple gets money for free from the app store. They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible.

After a certain point, the greed has to stop. This is far too much.

[Razengan]

> They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible.

Hosting, bandwidth, discovery

Every platform charges something. Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME.

What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS

[array_key_first]

> Hosting, bandwidth, discovery

Right, so as close to nothing as possible.

How much does it cost to host a tarball of an app? Maaaaaybe 15 cents?

> Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME.

Well that's not true.

> What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS

That's exactly what I'm saying.

They're taking 30% and then doing fuck-all. I can maybe, MAYBE, buy the 30% if the appstore was some paradise on Earth and my iPhone gave me a blowjob. But that's not the case. So what are we paying for?

[artursapek]

I mean, they develop iOS. That's not nothing lol

[array_key_first]

They already get paid to do that - the 30% is completely unrelated to that.

That's also optional. Apple chooses to develop iOS because it becomes a new pathway for siphoning money from consumers and developers, and allows them to create their walled garden.

They could just stop at any point and use android or even off-the-shelf Linux with an OS mobile environment.