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[-] diablexical@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Thats because apple adds 30% if you buy through the ios app.

[-] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Why doesn't Google just pay it and absorb the cost like shippers do with tariffs?

/s

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

30%

Every. Single. Month. F O R E V E R.

For providing absolutely nothing

[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's... interesting. Especially with donations.
Apple takes a 30% cut, then Google does so as well from the remainder.

Feeling generous? Congrats, more than a half goes to corporations.

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