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 I'm definitely fine paying that fee. But I also would like a possibility to NOT use the fancy mall access if I don't want to, and sell my stuff privately in the alley nearby 😉
Sadly without sideloading it's not possible 🤷♂️ You need to use the mall and obey to all the rules, which sometimes are arbitrary.
@kkolakowski @Migueldeicaza 100% this.
Apple wants to charge you to sell stuff in their fancy mall? This is fair.
But forbidding you from selling something on your own to an iPhone user is not ok and hopefully illegal. I don't pay $1k for my phone (with Apple's huge margin) to not own it.
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉
Konrad Kołakowski
Bart Wronski 🇺🇦🇵🇸