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Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What do you mean? It’s not like the App Store is all that devs get from Apple. Apple has an app dev kit and loads of APIs into the phone that they maintain.

[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, I’m aware. But nothing on the level of what Valve offers.

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