Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Web Bixby, Mark Fuccio, and Jeff Gamet conclude a MacVoices Live! conversation about how Apple’s App Store fee critics are charging pretty much the same thing for similar services. That led to a debate over how free apps on the App Store fit into the equation, the costs of hosting, and more…and there were disagreements aplenty.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Apple's controversies.

00:25 Apple's external payment commissions scrutinized by tech giants.

01:48 Smoke and fires: Apple's distractions from scrutiny.

03:47 Comparison of companies' actions towards Apple's fees.

14:26 Apple's selective charging based on business models.

16:26 Support of free apps as a strategy by Apple.

19:31 Calculating developers' costs to subsidize free apps.

22:03 Disagreement on Apple's cost calculations and strategies.

Links:

Epic and allies are complaining about Apple's US App Store fees, while they charge about the same

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/20/epic-and-allies-are-complaining-about-apples-us-app-store-fees-while-they-charge-about-the-same

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