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Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

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pi-victor · 1790425525 · focus · HN ↗
I think it bothers OP less that they take a 15% tax than the fact that google provides terrible support for their own play store. If they would take that tax and provide good feedback and speedy version reviews, nobody would ever complain - it is expected to pay something since the play store doesn't run on good thoughts and prayers. But because they're a monopoly (or a duopoly if you count apple, which is a different platform altogether) they can afford to act this way.
1. chii · 1790425734 · focus · HN ↗
  people hate taxation without representation. That's why this model has to be unsustainable, but the legislation has not caught up at all.
  1. philipallstar · 1790427322 · focus · HN ↗
    This isn't taxation. It's just a silly name for a fee. Fees are what make things sustainable.
    mitxela · 1790428133 · focus · HN ↗
    How do you define taxation?
    philipallstar · 1790431363 · focus · HN ↗
    Something you pay or you're thrown in jail.
    tenuousemphasis · 1790433084 · focus · HN ↗
    A court ordered judgement isn't taxation, try again.
    mitxela · 1790433278 · focus · HN ↗
    It kind of is.
    mitxela · 1790433303 · focus · HN ↗
    If your landlord requires you to pay rent with a phone app the phone is taxation?
    anticensor · 1790690978 · focus · HN ↗
    More like the phone is your mandatory tender.
    jeltz · 1790437009 · focus · HN ↗
    In my country if I do not pay my taxes I do not get thrown in jail. Tax fraud gets you thrown in jail, but correctly declaring income but just not paying does not get you thrown in jail since we abolished debtors prison. And when we had debtors prison any debt could throw you in prison so that was a terrible definition since it means Sweden has no tax right now and in the past any debt would have been tax.

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