Unlike most famous business people, Elon Musk isn’t afraid to share his thoughts on Twitter. Musk, who has frequently mentioned that he loves Twitter before, also came to the fore by purchasing the platform last week. Responding frequently to the news shared on Twitter, the entrepreneur spoke about the App Store commission this time, which the App Store receives from application developers.
Since applications are only downloaded to iPhone and iPad devices through the App Store, Apple reflects the commission as it wishes and can act comfortably because it has no competitors. However, Apple’s commission from developers has been the subject of discussion many times to date. Maybe the tweet we’re going to talk about will spark a new discussion.
Elon Musk talked about the App Store commission
A news about Apple’s payment system was shared on Twitter, and one of those who saw this news was Elon Musk. In his response, Musk stated that the 30 percent commission that the App Store cuts from developers is definitely not good.
Even though Apple takes these commissions from developers At the end of the job, users also pay more. A good example of this is YouTube Music is 16.99 on Android versus 21.99 on iOS. Developers are forced to raise the price of the service they sell in order to protect their own revenues. Thus, even third-party products of Apple products, which are already expensive in our country, become expensive.
Although the laws in some countries restrict the commission Apple can receive, the 30 percent rule is valid in many parts of the world, including our country. We hope Musk’s response is a call and Apple cuts its developer commissions.