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1. wccrawford · 1790423567 · focus · HN ↗

   15% is a lot. I'm not trying to say it isn't.

   And they're annoying and often screw up the review process.

   Google is always going to make money off any work they do. That's just business. They're not going to put more money towards better reviews without taking more money. And without the reviews, even as crappy as they are, a lot of really crappy software would be on the store. And a lot more would be actively malicious

   And you were making like 7x as much as they were taking. Without them, you would even get noticed and you'd have made nothing.

   We know this because almost nobody installs FDroid, and the other stores like Samsung make basically nothing for developers, even though they're preinstalled on so many devices.

   1. mitxela · 1790428603 · focus · HN ↗

      The app store is full of crappy and malicious software though. Why pay them for something they aren't doing anyway?

      1. moomoo11 · 1790442078 · focus · HN ↗

         so how much do you think they should take?

         what is "fair" in your opinion?

         1. mitxela · 1790445183 · focus · HN ↗

            For the services they currently provide, zero. They provide negative value. If they shut down the play store that will be good.

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