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		kouteiheika on Feb 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative p... > They kinda are entitled - you are build for their OS, using their APIs and SDKs, targeting their customers. So do you also think that Microsoft is entitled to 30% of every developer's income if they want to release an app for the Windows platform? After all they're building for their OS, using their APIs and SDKs and targeting their customers.

simondotau on Feb 4, 2022 [–]

They did exactly that for their Xbox platform.

The fact that Microsoft chose to do otherwise with Windows isn’t a particularly strong argument.

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