At least game engines provide massive value. Yeah they take a cut, but more money would have ultimately been used to produce a vastly inferior inhouse engine. Yeah Unity’s recent move is douchey, buy it’s still miles better than any of the extortion by app stores.
No one can tell me Apple’s curation is worth a 30% cut. Ridiculous.
No one can tell me Apple’s curation is worth a 30% cut.
I mean, it obviously is, otherwise companies wouldn’t be paying it. The difference is that in the case of the distribution platform, it’s worth it not because it would add any value to the game itself, but because of the monopoly of the platform, which provides value to nobody but the platform.
Apple can enforce their 15% (30% if you make more than a million dollars) because there are no viable alternatives. That may soon change in the EU. Either way, they’re not going to lose a dime over this.
People still pay the Google tax because installing apps from websites is harder. The competitors that do pay Google will get tons of installs while the companies choosing to host their own apps get a niche audience. That’s the value of the Google tax.
At least game engines provide massive value. Yeah they take a cut, but more money would have ultimately been used to produce a vastly inferior inhouse engine. Yeah Unity’s recent move is douchey, buy it’s still miles better than any of the extortion by app stores. No one can tell me Apple’s curation is worth a 30% cut. Ridiculous.
I mean, it obviously is, otherwise companies wouldn’t be paying it. The difference is that in the case of the distribution platform, it’s worth it not because it would add any value to the game itself, but because of the monopoly of the platform, which provides value to nobody but the platform.
There is a marginal benefit in search cost reduction for end users.
If fhere was a big app store alternative then devs would put their stuff probably on there. Or at least encourage you to use the alternative store.
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Apple can enforce their 15% (30% if you make more than a million dollars) because there are no viable alternatives. That may soon change in the EU. Either way, they’re not going to lose a dime over this.
People still pay the Google tax because installing apps from websites is harder. The competitors that do pay Google will get tons of installs while the companies choosing to host their own apps get a niche audience. That’s the value of the Google tax.
I don’t think any inhouse engine can be fucked up so badly as to be inferior to Unity.