gabrielbl

lazereth said:

Apple "could" adjust the guidelines for a two tiered setup
i)  Use Apple's tools, Maps, Purchase/InApp payment model etc - 30% or
ii) Do it yourself and have no access to Apples "frameworks" and distribute it all yourself - 5% (or some "royalty" fee)
In not advocating that the 30% is fair or unfair. Apple "could" take the moral higher ground in this.. The key would be to determine what would be in the "package" that you get for 30%.
Just my 10 cents..

Not sure I (as customer) like the idea. I don't want to investigate whether the payment goes through "safe" payment gateway, or through some cheap implementation. This is the huge advantage of the Apple's app store.
Do you remember the HomeDepot leak, the Equifax leak, the Capital One leak..... If the app store is going to contain apps that are paid through different payment gateway, then the store will suffer, because there will be customers like me, that will just stop spending money.  I don't have time to investigate policies, to read about different payment providers.... I will do it only if it is really necessary - and games like Fortnite, and Roblox are really low in the importance charts. Sorry kids..