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		briandear 79 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator ... Free apps don’t cost any “tax.” > This should be zero if there was unlimited competition or web installation Is credit card processing, billing, storage, distribution, “free?” And the 30% figure is inaccurate. Most developers don’t pay that. How about stripe charging 2.9% +$0.30 per transaction? They are almost double the actual cost of the interchanges.

echelon 79 days ago [–]

Businesses have hundreds of billing and payment options, and the fees are relatively small and straightforward.

Google and Apple charge an order of magnitude more for a straightjacket distribution mechanism that is inferior to web search.

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