[DUMBGRUNT]

A pig can get fat; but hogs get slaughtered!

Apple has been good to me, not holding any AAPL at this time.

[vladimir998]

Apple. It’s a cult.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ditto.
My iMac was purchaed in 2011.
Still clicking...

[exDemMom]

My poor little iPad is barely capable of doing anything any more. It’s not even 5 years old.

This computer is about the same age, and doing fine.

[ctdonath2]

Retailers regularly take a 30-50% cut of sales. Why? They’re providing the venue, catalog advertising, service, sales, security, and other overhead needed to connect customer to manufacturer. Ditto Apple.

I’m an app developer, making a good living on free apps. Apple gets $0.
Short of absolute blockbusters, if you’re complaining about Apple getting a 30% cut, you’re probably missing the ways to real money.

[Swordmaker]

This is an ignorant article making a claim about a problem using factoids that are completely out of date, such as this quotation from the article:

"It's one thing to charge a 30 percent cut on apps, but a 30 percent tax imposed on everything you sell, including subscriptions and any ongoing revenue is preposterous."

Apple now charges a 15% rate on all ongoing subscription renewals after the first year. . . and Google is charging a flat 15% rate for all subscriptions. These authors did not bother to do even a basic modicum of research before posting their FUD article to promote Spotify's disingenuous claims. Spotify's app was rejected because it offered a discount for renewing subscriptions outside of the app on Spotify's website in violation of their signed agreement with Apple that Apple customers will receive the same subscription rates in apps as they will elsewhere! — PING!

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[Bratch]