I love that Apple forces subscriptions on their platform through Apple Pay. As a consumer, it's incredibly easy for me to view and cancel subscriptions in one central location. I've signed up for tons of services in the past and all to often they decide to make it a nightmare to try and cancel.
The 30% might suck as a developer, but then just charge more for Apple customers. As long as the rule is applied to all apps on the platform then everyone is playing by the same rules. Nobody is forcing you to release your app on the Apple Ecosystem, you -want- to because it's a huge potential customer base. If you want to participate then play by their rules. If it's too expensive, then don't build your app there. If more developers refused to release their app on iOS they would start to re-evaluate their 30% fee.
My only qualm is the news that in certain situations they have lowered their fee's which isn't fair as it gives those companies a competitive advantage as they can charge less.
The 30% might suck as a developer, but then just charge more for Apple customers. As long as the rule is applied to all apps on the platform then everyone is playing by the same rules. Nobody is forcing you to release your app on the Apple Ecosystem, you -want- to because it's a huge potential customer base. If you want to participate then play by their rules. If it's too expensive, then don't build your app there. If more developers refused to release their app on iOS they would start to re-evaluate their 30% fee.
My only qualm is the news that in certain situations they have lowered their fee's which isn't fair as it gives those companies a competitive advantage as they can charge less.