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a) If you are willing to pay Apple for the developer program then you are free to run whatever applications you like on your phone. It's how many of us are running terminals, emulators etc.

b) Apple charges 15% for developers earning less than $1m a year.




What do they charge developers that make more than $1m revenue again? 30%? Oh and it's $1m revenue, not earnings. Big difference.


Nice to know. Thank you.

I don't understand how even as low as 15% of all the apps revenue can be less than $1m a year though and, if it is, why would Apple even bother collecting it.


I think you misinterpreted this:

> Apple charges 15% for developers earning less than $1m a year.

As this:

> Apple charges 15% for developers, earning less than $1m a year.

When it actually means this:

> Apple charges 15% to developers who earn less than $1m a year (and still charge 30% to developers who earn more than that).


Yes, thank you.


It would of never been lowered to 15% without Epic starting this whole thing




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