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Apple Discounts the App Store Tax
Apple Post #2331 · source on Telegram

Apple Discounts the App Store Tax

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The image is a stark black square with a large white Apple logo centered and no other visible text. The sibling caption says, "Apple is about to decrease commission for business making less than 1M$," referring to Apple's November 2020 App Store Small Business Program. The meme treats the commission reduction as unexpectedly welcome news for smaller iOS app developers, while still carrying the background tension of Apple platform fees and App Store control. Visually it is minimal brand shorthand: the Apple logo alone is enough to invoke the entire developer-platform economy.

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Apple MobileDev DeveloperExperience DX Entrepreneurship CorporateCulture

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Apple AppleEcosystem Ios IOSDevelopment MobileDevelopment DigitalMarketplace VendorLockIn LockInEffect LicensingCosts CorporatePolicy DeveloperExpectations TechIndustryIrony

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Apple cut the fee in half for small devs, which is the platform equivalent of returning one sock after charging rent on the drawer.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Apple cut the fee in half for small devs, which is the platform equivalent of returning one sock after charging rent on the drawer.

  2. @pyproman 5y

    Are you joking? Apple always wants to make money.

    1. dev_meme 5y

      No jokes here, we are serious media

      1. @tarasssssssssssssss 5y

        ага)))

  3. @mykolamor 5y

    This shouldn't be a celebration, this should be a widely accepted and common practice

    1. dev_meme 5y

      At this stage of civilization - this is definitely a celebration

    2. dev_meme 5y

      Go and talk about commission with Valve ;)

  4. @RiedleroD 5y

    can someone explain what exactly that statement means?

    1. dev_meme 5y

      This is about 30% commission on all purchases in App Store

    2. @r4zendev 5y

      Apple takes % of your earnings through in-app purchases or purchases via App Store

  5. @RiedleroD 5y

    ELI5 pls

  6. @r4zendev 5y

    They are bouta decrease the % for relevantly small businesses

  7. @rostopiradv 5y

    Can’t believe, source?

    1. dev_meme 5y

      Insider info

      1. @rostopiradv 5y

        Okay, that's true now

    2. dev_meme 5y

      But you know who told you first 🤪

      1. @r4zendev 5y

        Hype

  8. @Flam_Su 5y

    its epic news )))

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