• Lka1988
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    8 days ago

    Is that what you’re referring to?

    Yes (I thought it was more, but w/e). I’ll admit, I don’t know a whole lot about development and everything that it entails, but nuance is key here. Say what you will about Proton, but this ruling just set a precedent that a company hosting an app/game download cannot take a cut from purchases completed within said app/game. That affects everyone.

    I’m just looking at this from a bigger picture perspective. Apple has more than enough money already, and frankly there are far too many companies like this who need to be cut back down.

    • paraphrand
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      08 days ago

      Yeah, a fraction of a cent per customer is double dipping. w/e

      • Lka1988
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        18 days ago

        Precedent is precedent, and now smaller independent devs can use this ruling to their favor.

        • @LoKout@lemmy.world
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          08 days ago

          This won’t help small devs. Here’s why:

          You have zero market. Pay to make your own payment portal, processing, etc etc. With what? Venture funding? Personal investment? Offload to square or PayPal and they take a cut instead?

          Apple charges 15% (not 30% for under 2 mil) of each $1. Making 85c per transaction with no upfront costs seems reasonable.