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Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

(arstechnica.com)
432 points nobody9999 | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bze12 ◴[12 Dec 25 16:55 UTC] No.46245964[source]▶
I don’t feel great about this ruling. Whatever a “reasonable” fee is supposed to mean, Apple will interpret it to some ridiculous amount. Before the ban, they tried to charge 27%
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adgjlsfhk1 ◴[12 Dec 25 17:02 UTC] No.46246043[source]▶
I think Apple will have a very hard time arguing that the "reasonable" amount is a percentage of revenue with no cap.
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galad87 ◴[12 Dec 25 18:25 UTC] No.46247032[source]▶
It should be based on the app size, so maybe developers will stop shipping apps with a single feature and one button that takes 700 MB because of random bloated third-party SDKs that aren't even used.
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1. makeitdouble ◴[12 Dec 25 23:16 UTC] No.46250210[source]▶
Money makers on the AppStore are games, and games need assets in high definition. Third party SDKs are probably a drop in the bucket in comparison with visual assets.