Why is everyone so worried about AppStore commissions….you can’t sell a merchandise in any physical store without commissions or rent…I still don’t understand the fuss 🫤,(reply>), @skifree everyone is trying to make money one way or the other….nothing can be done about it….it’s time for someone to create a free open OS like Linux for smartphones and hope it’s all good secure and free…wonder who will pay the developers and cloud infrastructure…,(reply>), @OG Bobbus it’s the same in physical world as well….if I want products in 7 eleven I have to pay 7 eleven a small profit….if I want my book in a bookstore, I need to pay a huge percentage to that book seller…if you don’t wanna do that create your own platform or bookstore and sell it….I hope I’m not wrong,(reply>), @OG Bobbus Actually even with 3rd party app stores, It would be legal to still pay apple said 30% (or some significant portion of the 30%). the "Storefront" is worthless as a method of enforcement on said commission. Apple only does this out of sheer convenience. Say 3rd party app stores are allowed. There is nothing stopping apple from changing the developer agreement to "we take 30% off revenue of your app REGARDLESS of where you actually sell it...If you go through the app store, great it's automatic...If you go through your another store, keep your books and prepare to be audited, because we are claiming that money". Afterall, devs need apple to make the app , It's all provided in the SDK. The transaction would transform into, "just make the SDK as expensive as the old commission, and there is literally nothing in the law that say we must give the SDK for free."<br><br><br>Such a model has been used in software toolchains for decades, and is literally how Epic Games takes a cut of everyone who uses Unreal engine. Sure their rates are "lower" but are also arbitrary, the business model is the same. Similarly,  It's not like Microsoft doesn't get a cut of xbox game sales because customers choose to buy it through gamestop vs the xbox store...MS just bills the dev for making the game with their toolchain (and the xbox IP).,(reply>), Because they don't allow 3rd party app stores, you are forced to pay apple 30%. This would be illegal in the physical world.