How much does it cost to host a tarball of an app? Maaaaaybe 15 cents?
> Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME.
Well that's not true.
> What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS
That's exactly what I'm saying.
They're taking 30% and then doing fuck-all. I can maybe, MAYBE, buy the 30% if the appstore was some paradise on Earth and my iPhone gave me a blowjob. But that's not the case. So what are we paying for?
They already get paid to do that - the 30% is completely unrelated to that.
That's also optional. Apple chooses to develop iOS because it becomes a new pathway for siphoning money from consumers and developers, and allows them to create their walled garden.
They could just stop at any point and use android or even off-the-shelf Linux with an OS mobile environment.
After a certain point, the greed has to stop. This is far too much.