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After harshly criticizing Apple, Mark Zuckerberg’s company will charge developers a 50% commission.
Apple has been heavily criticized by many companies for the commission it charges developers for in-app purchases. One of these companies was Facebook, now called Meta, but in its “metatarsus”, Mark Zuckerberg’s company charges 50% commission to developers upload content to their platform.
Apple forced developers to use your payment method keeping 30% of the money that users pay. Yes, a high commission, but similar to that applied by other stores of similar applications or games. Apple has recently taken action with some major changes, but the curious thing is that its top critics are doing the same thing, or even worse.
Meta charges developers far more commission than Apple
Since before Facebook rebranded to Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a major critic of Apple’s 30% commission on App Store sales, even though in reality for most developers it’s 15%. With statements like these:
To help more creators make a living on our platforms, we’re keeping paid online events, fan subscriptions, badges, and our upcoming indie news products free for creators until 2023. And when we introduce revenue sharing, it will be less than the 30% that Apple and others take […]
However, what Zuckerberg said is one thing and what they will do is another. Looks like the company plans to charge up to 47.5%
A spokesperson for Meta told CNBC that “Meta will take an aggregate discount of up to 47.5% on each transaction. This includes a 30% ‘hardware platform fee’ for sales made through the Meta Quest Store, where sells apps and games for their VR headsets. Additionally, Horizon Worlds will charge a 17.5% fee.”
and this decision has not gone unnoticed within Applein this case Fred Sainz is the one who spoke on behalf of the Apple company in an email to MarketWatch:
Meta has repeatedly targeted Apple for charging developers a 30% commission for in-app purchases on the App Store, and at every turn has scapegoated small businesses and creators. Now, Meta is looking to charge those same creators far more than any other platform. The ad exposes Meta’s hypocrisy. It shows that if they’re looking to use Apple’s platform for free, they’re crowding out creators and small businesses that use theirs.”
This is certainly a rather hypocritical decision on the part of Meta. At the end creating an application store is not easy and costs a lot of money, which must somehow be made profitable. And Meta wants to do it much faster.
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