The point is that it's all just an excuse. So long as the app store is your only alternative they can charge 30% and get away with it, and they'll say whatever you want to hear so long as it lets them continue to do that.
They don't really give a shit about you, they just want your money.
Ok so what? No really. Who charges less and handles hosting, unlimited downloads, updates and provides a reach to millions of users?
Steam takes how much? $100 PER FUCKING APP!!? Google? Xbox? PlayStation? Nintendo? Good luck putting your crap on GoDaddy and reaching even 10 users a week, without a LOT of words in a LOT of mouths.
As a user, I have plenty of nits to pick with Apple [0], but again as a user, the 30% ""aPpLe TaX"" isn't one of them, and even as a dev it'll be long before it becomes an issue to even think about.
The only people bitching about it are the mobsters wanting a bigger cut of the pie. Who started this whole hullabaloo anyway? Epic, a paragon of the common folk? hah. And scummy corps like Match.com the owners of Tinder etc. wow
Yeah downvote this but literally no actual user ever whined about the 30% like you guys do.
Users moan about shitty shovelware, shitty search. What we SHOULD be pitchforking about is not why Apple takes 30%, but about why is Apple not using all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for everyone??
They don't really give a shit about you, they just want your money.