Nobody likes the 30% AppStore fee, but it has never been a credit card processing cost.

It has always been a marketplace access fee.

That’s the principle of building malls and other commercial public spaces: they invest to create a space for people to flock into and advertise and maintain it.

That’s what you are paying for.

@Migueldeicaza fair enough. So why doesn’t Apple take a 30% cut of things I buy from Amazon?
@tom @Migueldeicaza They do if you buy digital items