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Going a little further and what if MasterCard and Visa requested a 30% cut to apple. They should also ban Apple from CC acquiring if they make this public.
Back in the day, Apple simultaneously: * wanted a 30% cut on all Kindle book sales (sold via iOS) * had negotiated with most major book publishers that any book distributer (aka Amazon, Apple, B&N, etc) must sell their books at exactly a 30% markup. --- Also, we had built a native store experience for the Kindle app before launching it. Yet, after submitting to Apple (and not hearing anything back for weeks), Apple a…
Why we didn't hear anything about it at the time?
Though, Apple did eventually get taken to court for the book publisher pricing agreements:
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Or even better, allowing users to opt to install apps from other app stores.
Or even better, allowing people to buy other phones
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Abuse of power? They have guidelines every developer must follow. Give one a break, what about the rest?
Please don't post unsubstantive and/or flamewar style comments to HN. These threads are getting exceedingly repetitive. They're also getting nastier. We don't want those qualities here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Please don't post unsubstantive and/or flamewar style comments to HN. These threads are getting exceedingly repetitive. They're also getting nastier. We don't want those qualities here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I’m being downvoted flagged and accused of “flamewar“ for simply saying that Apple has a set of rules developers must follow and they can’t make exceptions otherwise where would it end?
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I’m being downvoted flagged and accused of “flamewar“ for simply saying that Apple has a set of rules developers must follow and they can’t make exceptions otherwise where would it end?
Actually I think I misread your comment. I thought "Give one a break" was snark, but you were talking about developers. Sorry!
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It's not a surcharge on your bill. That's when you have to pay 30% more than the main price. This is you paying the main price, but the organization you (likely) want to support is only getting 30%.
70%, Apple takes 30%.
A 30% cut isn’t really out of line with the markup most stores or distributors put on nearly everything you buy, nor are secret business details. I’m not trying to judge right or wrong, but hoping to point out a store taking that cut is the standard not the exception.
That isn't really the issue. The issue is that you have to use Apple's store. There's no alternative.
If you want there to be something illegal about the lack of choice itself you have to think very long and hard about how you want to correct it with legislation, which would not be an easy thing to do right.