[Someone]

> As a developer you should NOT have to pay Apple or Google or anyone any money to create / distribute software.

So, how do you get a computer? Get electricity to power it? Learn how to write programs? I don’t think that “or anyone” clause is a tenable position.

> My advise - just sell and distribute the app yourself ( https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-start-a-digital-pro...

That page has a “Pricing” link (https://stripe.com/en-nl/pricing) that says

  1.5% + €0.25 for standard European Economic area cards
  2.5% + €0.25 for Uk cards

So, how is that “you should NOT have to pay […] anyone any money”?

I also think that’s just for the selling part. Distribution, you’ll still have to do yourself. Apple and Google handle both, plus automatic updates for your customers, for you.

(Also, for a low-selling product and a €0.99 price point, the cost of Stripe is about par with Apple’s flat 15% plus €99 per year)

[thisislife2]

If you keep aside the hyperbole, you should have understood that I am talking about fighting against anticompetitive behaviour devised for exploitation by corporates. There is indeed a difference in paying 5% to stripe for their services vs being forced to pay 15-30% to Apple just because they have placed artificial technical barriers to prevent you from turning to their competitors (in some particular segment of business).