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0 pointsrahimnathwani1y ago0 comments

  Am I missing something here?

You are assuming Apple is a reseller (whose revenue is the full price paid by the end buyer) rather than an agent (whose revenue is only their commission).

You are also ignoring the app store's advertising revenue.

And you're assuming that it costs zero to run the app store.

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tonyedgecombe1y ago

>You are assuming Apple is a reseller (whose revenue is the full price paid by the end buyer) rather than an agent (whose revenue is only their commission).

This isn't an unreasonable assumption, especially considering the invoice for my last App Store purchase has an Apple address and tax identifier (VAT number). Apple is the merchant of record.

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