> 30% of revenue from sales of digital goods after the first $1m (15% before).
Not quite - if you go over $1m in revenue you pay 30% on all revenue in the following year.
I honestly believe that if the App Store were to start now, they would feel entitled for a cut of all physical goods transactions that happen.
I don't believe Apple produces 30% of value when someone (hypothetically) signs up for Netflix on an iPhone. Apple's App Store actively hinders value creation when they prevent Netflix from using their existing saved credit cards to re-subscribe a user on an iOS device.
> Do you think I begrudge the 30% I paid, any more than I begrudge the rent I pay for this house?
It sounds like you saw value in something, and you paid for it. A competitive product would be able to stand on it's own and developers (and users) could make a decision on what product they wish to use - I'm sure that a lot of developers would continue to use Apple's payment infrastructure because they find it easier!
> I honestly believe that if the App Store were to start now, they would feel entitled for a cut of all physical goods transactions that happen.
There must be a name for this fallacy, where one bases their opinions on speculations about how things would be different today if their already-held opinions had been true long ago. Some kind of retroactive confirmation bias?
> It sounds like you saw value in something, and you paid for it. A competitive product would be able to stand on it's own and developers (and users) could make a decision on what product they wish to use - I'm sure that a lot of developers would continue to use Apple's payment infrastructure because they find it easier!
You're not paying for the payment infrastructure. You're paying for the discoverability and distribution. I cheerfully paid 30% to reach a few hundred thousand users when I could have reached, maybe, tens of users on my own. I find it hilarious when people explain how I was ripped off with exorbitant fees.
Not quite - if you go over $1m in revenue you pay 30% on all revenue in the following year.
I honestly believe that if the App Store were to start now, they would feel entitled for a cut of all physical goods transactions that happen.
I don't believe Apple produces 30% of value when someone (hypothetically) signs up for Netflix on an iPhone. Apple's App Store actively hinders value creation when they prevent Netflix from using their existing saved credit cards to re-subscribe a user on an iOS device.
> Do you think I begrudge the 30% I paid, any more than I begrudge the rent I pay for this house?
It sounds like you saw value in something, and you paid for it. A competitive product would be able to stand on it's own and developers (and users) could make a decision on what product they wish to use - I'm sure that a lot of developers would continue to use Apple's payment infrastructure because they find it easier!