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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Err, yes, it is a business decision.
Apple has created a highly successful consumer platform. They are then selling the right to utilize that platform, by demanding 30% shares in all business done through that platform.
It is then up to businesses to decide whether they want to cooperate. Some do, some don't.
Yes, it is a very dirty move by Apple. It isn't fair to app makers. It also isn't forcing, they are free to focus on Android development/sales, which I hope they do.
"Forcing" would be if they needed to sell through an iOS app, and they couldn't without agreeing to those terms.
They don't need, they want.
(You can tell they weren't forced to pay 30%, because they chose instead to not sell through the app.)
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Once again, Apple only charges for Electronic sales, not for physical sales. Thus the Amazon app will let you buy, buy, buy but the Kindle app directs you to the web page to buy. Many vendors decide that making it easier to buy is worth the 30%, while other vendors decide that they would rather save the 30%. As you say it's purely a business decision. The dividing line makes a certain amount of sense once you realize where the requirement came about (Apple didn't start charging until they added in app purchases to the app store).