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Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program

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830 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 18 Nov 20 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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archildress ◴[18 Nov 20 13:42 UTC] No.25136577[source]▶
I just feel that there's always this discussion about "X% isn't fair because $reason" (insert Apple's market cap, free cash flow, stock price, etc.) But what I'm yet to see is any kind of mindful analysis of what a "fair" fee is without the emotion attached to the discussion.
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1. munawwar ◴[18 Nov 20 15:11 UTC] No.25137581[source]▶
Most payment processors take like 2% to 3.5% of payment amount for example. This should be the range for IAP. And payment processors are rich just with this %. But if that's not enough, apple already charges $99/year/developer for access to the store.

Some may disagree, saying "bringing in customers is worth more than that". Regardless of that discussion, the anti competitive move is that there are no alternative app stores on iOS. Also, no alternative payment processor in the apple store.