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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If neither Google nor Apple took such a massive rake on the payments, fewer people would take issue with the main app distribution implementations. They have valid reasons for trying to keep you in their ecosystem, but those are severely undercut by taking such a huge percentage.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is it, 30%? That's pretty standard.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Standard? They're the only two players, if they both took 99% it would be standard