Post Aw3rGVJrcpAldKmJ8a by darkpaw@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #Aw3eBXdYHZQPy9I4DA by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T12:58:55Z
       
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       It is still pretty insane we need a giant mega corp like Epic Games to finally slash down Apple with their predatory percentages on each and every transactionI understand it costs a lot of money to host all the apps and maintain the store but uh.. we developers already pay Apple 100 euro per years to have access to their developers part aloneEpic isn't the best company but so far they did cut down Apple with restrictions and they do give out a "free" game engine (free earn to 1mil)
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw3eVyPWRq22nXTFkO by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T13:02:36Z
       
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       @stfn woh.. Some costs are okay because of hosting + moderation + not having the store full with crapBut apple abuses their power hardcore with thisGoogle only charges 15 euros (one-time) i believeAlso, the amount of rejects Apple does is bizzare..You pay 99 euros, spend a lot of time creating a game or app, and Apple flat out just rejects it
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw3ewFhEnp7rwDHu1Q by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T13:07:21Z
       
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       @stfn Yup.. and we need to wait for another monopoly to fight it Hooray for government and restrictions
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw3fDT1KW8BsBVtVya by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T13:10:30Z
       
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       @stfn I agree! My gf and I are purposly staying within EU borders just because of these thingsIf we let corpo's run wild, we will end up with a Cyberpunk 2077 end story, plain and simple
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw3g88sI5iuwD4guki by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T13:20:44Z
       
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       @me @stfn Oof i know right.. i dont have android so i had to freehand all that derp!still only 2 android apps compared to 9 ios..
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw3rGVJrcpAldKmJ8a by darkpaw@mstdn.social
       2025-07-12T15:25:30Z
       
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       @stux Apple give you Xcode for free. You don't have to pay the Developer Fee until you decide to distribute an app or game on the App Store.I agree that some of the anti-steering policies are a bit overkill, but Epic might've got Apple to change if they'd got a bunch of developers together and pushed for changes, rather than the pissy way they went about it. That immediately created an adversarial atmosphere, ended up in court, and is taking forever.No one comes out of it looking good.