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Nothing is altruistic. It's simply business and business is about to get harder for smaller developers.



Smaller developers now have more payment processing options in South Korea. In addition to Apple's and Google's own systems, they can also choose from a wide variety of third-party systems that charge ~3% instead of 15%/30%. I don't see how this would be anything but a benefit for smaller developers.


Do you have know-how on distributing apps and getting paid for? This sounds to me like ideological talk.

"We wouldn't need to spend money on cleaning staff if everyone clean their door front."

Yeah, sure.


I do, and your arguments in this thread don't convince me at all. Is there something incorrect in my comment? Developers went from having one payment processor that charges 15%/30% to many payment processors that can charge as little as under 3%. Revenue-wise, there is no downside to having these additional options.


Where can I buy your stuff?

I don't know if your money works differently from mine but for me I get to own the difference between Cost and Revenue. Revenue increase is not good if the cost increase is higher. I doubt that the revenue will increase, the costs will certainly.

The costs consist of my time and the payments I make to build and distribute my stuff. This will reduce the costs that I pay to Apple but will increase the development and legal burden.




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