Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoPatreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Storewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down17
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minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoUntil recently, apps were not even allowed to charge less outside their apps than on the app store or to link to outside stores.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 months agoWe should thank the European Union for that.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoMerci, union européenne Hey, let’s do it in all official languages of the EU. So far we’ve had English and French.
minus-squaresour@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months agoThey were allowed to charge less, just not mention or link to it in any way. Proton has been doing it for a while that the Apple in-app purchases are roughly 30% higher.
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Until recently, apps were not even allowed to charge less outside their apps than on the app store or to link to outside stores.
We should thank the European Union for that.
Thanks European Union
Merci, union européenne
Hey, let’s do it in all official languages of the EU. So far we’ve had English and French.
They were allowed to charge less, just not mention or link to it in any way. Proton has been doing it for a while that the Apple in-app purchases are roughly 30% higher.