Half my point is that there is no need for so many employees and so many other costs, except for the IPO. This is a case of people not being satisfied with enough. That is the core issue.
Why accept their bad business decisions as valid in the first place? Why accept the excess costs as reasonable costs reasonably needing to be covered?
As for server costs, I’ve not seen estimates above $9m. If you’ve got better numbers, it would be interesting to look at.
It’s the extreme fees that are the issue. $5-10m for server costs, $5-10m in staff expenses and let’s say $10m in profits. At $30m a year, it’s absurd to charge one small third party app $20m.