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I’m not saying the 30% fee is fair, but every single company charges 30% except Epic and the Microsoft PC store which north charge 12%.
https://www.1d3.com/blog/platform-fees
I am pretty sure they only do in attempt to attract devs. Once Epic were to get a majority position in the market they would quickly raise it to 30% too. None of these companies are “good guys” or actually care about the end consumer.
I want to say that Valve actually does. I don't know if they do or not, but.... Something about saying Valve is the bad guy here feels incredibly fucking sus.
I mean they all do. Big corporations are not our friend. Some are good at making us feel like friends but truly at the end of the profit matters.
And both of those are terrible