Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Jan 24, 2024

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.

Show threadJohn GordonJan 24, 2024
@Migueldeicaza Lock-in makes this a monopoly-like issue however
Show threadpmoeJan 25, 2024
@jgordon @Migueldeicaza Not even close. Android market place is actually a thing.
Show threadJohn GordonJan 25, 2024

@pmoeser @Migueldeicaza I meant I am locked in to Apple as a customer. There’s no exit for me. Functionally Apple is a monopoly for me. That’s true for many if not most Apple customers.

It’s the only mall I can go to. Ever.

Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉
@jgordon @pmoeser that’s like complaining you have an American passport. Oh noes, the burden! It hurts
Jan 25, 2024 at 12:53pmIvory for iOS