It is still pretty insane we need a giant mega corp like #Epic Games to finally slash down #Apple with their predatory percentages on each and every transaction

I understand it costs a lot of money to host all the apps and maintain the store but uh.. we developers already pay Apple 100 euro per years to have access to their #developers part alone

Epic isn't the best company but so far they did cut down Apple with restrictions and they do give out a "free" game engine (free earn to 1mil)

@stux Back in Twitter times, I knew a software developer who was so in love with Apple, he used to say that it's great that Apple charges developers for access because "it keeps the randos and layman out"

@stfn woh.. Some costs are okay because of hosting + moderation + not having the store full with crap

But apple abuses their power hardcore with this

Google only charges 15 euros (one-time) i believe

Also, the amount of rejects Apple does is bizzare..

You pay 99 euros, spend a lot of time creating a game or app, and Apple flat out just rejects it

@stux Yes, some entry threshold is good, but then again, as you say, Apple is simply abusing its power. This is what being a monopoly results in.

@stfn Yup.. and we need to wait for another monopoly to fight it

Hooray for government and restrictions

@stux Exactly, this is why we need so much entities such as the EU, to keep the corporations under an iron fist.

It is still pretty insane we need a giant mega corp like #Epic Games to finally slash down #Apple with their predatory percentages on each and every transaction

I understand it costs a lot of money to host all the apps and maintain the store but uh.. we developers already pay Apple 100 euro per years to have access to their #developers part alone

Epic isn't the best company but so far they did cut down Apple with restrictions and they do give out a "free" game engine (free earn to 1mil)