killroy

johnbear said:

30% tax on the AppStore. 

$1000 monitor stand!
Wait till next year when the gov will step in to control these unscrupulous companies.

joguide said:

killroy said:

GeorgeBMac said:

seanismorris said:

I wonder what Epic is thinking...
I get they are frustrated with the 30% “Apple Tax” but their actions make no sense.

I'm thinking that for them, they can only win.   They can't lose:

Their game is to break down the walls of the walled garden.  

-- If they succeed then they win

-- if they don't succeed then they go back to obeying the rules -- and have lost very little (but gained a bunch of free publicity!)

But they look like fools for starting this mess.

Or...during their absence in the App Store another game comes along such as Fall Guy, and Fortnite becomes a has been game that kids stop playing.

thepimento said:

Of course they're going to push PUBG. The app is made by Tencent. 

GeorgeBMac said:

seanismorris said:

I wonder what Epic is thinking...
I get they are frustrated with the 30% “Apple Tax” but their actions make no sense.

I'm thinking that for them, they can only win.   They can't lose:

Their game is to break down the walls of the walled garden.  

-- If they succeed then they win

-- if they don't succeed then they go back to obeying the rules -- and have lost very little (but gained a bunch of free publicity!)

tshapi said:

hammeroftruth said:

“If applied to tech, a Glass-Steagall type stipulation would disallow a company like Apple from competing on a platform it runs.”

 Wouldn’t that apply towards other platform App stores like Valve’s steam, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and if they want to start reaching, big box stores that sell products and have their own brands that compete with others they sell?

Plus, what happens to the cost of maintaining the servers for the App Store and other costs that Apple pays for as part of the 30%? 

From seeing what has happened in the past when the government gets involved with your business and breaks it up, the customer still gets F’d. It’s just rather than one large member cornholing you, it’s a bunch of small ones. To the customer it still is painful.  

At some point Apple will have to break down the costs and present a defense for why they charge a 30% fee.  The judge in the epic Injunction yesterday asked the same question, so I imagine that the cost breakdown and rational for 30% will come out at that trial.