You do not want to pay the hardware platform fee; you can build one or go to another hardware platform such as the one EPIC or MS or Google may build. Then you only have to pay the store fee, which is 17.5%. The store will be present on multiple hardware platforms. Obviously, it will not be there on all hardware platforms. And each platform may have multiple different stores. So, yes, this is a different concept.So, if you make up a ******** name for the commission like "hardware platform fee", then you can pretend that 47.5% is really 17.5%. Seems reasonable.
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Meta Plans to Take a Nearly 50% Commission on Purchases Made Inside the 'Metaverse' Despite Complaining About Apple's 30% App Store Cut
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If you read the article, sideloading is not only possible, it is inevitable. The store is different from the platform. The platform can have multiple stores and the same store can be present on multiple platforms.
It is never too late to educate oneself. I was also shocked to know this.
Metaverse may be an $800 billion market, next tech platform
I know it wasn’t free - my internet capable PC was 486DX4/100 ?.
But good arguments. I guess my last contra point is that the internet was and is based around open standards - mostly, if we neglect the IE mess. This looks to be outright proprietary.
The major companies speaking out against Apple didn’t build **** off Apples back, you honestly think Epic is where it’s at because of Apple? Facebook? ?
Ummmmmm ?I can see people saying the same about books before literacy was commonplace
While I understand your point, Macrumors is something I do in the 30-45 seconds while I wait for our horrible code base at work to compile. I can't imagine strapping on a VR headset, logging in, setting up my bounds in the room I'm playing in, putting the controllers around my wrist and logging in just to...do whatever Facebook wants you to do.
Another reason to boycott them. I just wish they’d go out of business, but I can’t also singlehandedly convince all my friends and family to delete Instagram, that’s the only reason I still have it. Otherwise, I’d delete my account. Also never buying an Oculus, as much as I think the idea of virtual reality and the metaverse concept is cool, I will not be a part of Zuckerberg’s dystopia. I’d rather pay a bit more for something that will respect my privacy, but Apple is not expected to release a VR headset till next year, maybe even longer. As much as I hate Apple’s greedy business practices, I’d rather side with them than Meta
Facebook/Meta is trash. I already hate what they did to Oculus and now they are leveraging that with the whole Metaverse concept which aims to charge 50% on in-app sales and app sales which is BS. Greed is the main driver here and it will destroy Facebook/Meta just like their belief that privacy is a fairytale.
It’s still based around open standards. The only thing that looks to be proprietary is the device used to access it. And, that’s not bound to be very proprietary as there will certainly be non-Oculus devices that connect to it. They’re not even creating their own OS for it anymore, it’s going to be a fork of Android. The power connections, the network capability, the internet access authorization, OS, all of that is looks to be the same as any tablet device, computer, or phone.
It looks to be as proprietary as the Apple App Store where proprietary code runs on proprietary hardware connected to open standards.
Are people expecting moral and ethical qualities from a for profit company? Their goal is to make money, they will do it every way they can. They all do it, Apple is no different. Might be best to not expect or look to a company for values and simple stick with if the product works and does what you want it to do then leave it at that.
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I mean, it’s not like Apple FORCED them to release their software on APPLE’S hardware using APPLE’S code development tools to enable APPLE’S API’s then upload the result to APPLE’S App Store where they used APPLE’S payment processing to validate and accept payment from APPLE’S customers.
They willingly accepted the terms and agreements to BE on Apple’s back, then try to act like they had NO IDEA who’s back they were on…
“Your honor, for all WE know, they could have snuck in here shoved their back UNDER us while we weren’t looking!!! That’s the REAL crime here!”
Where do they get a majority of their revenue? ? It’s from mobile. And if that’s the case, if they aren’t making as much from revenue from the App Store why fight so hard? And if you say it’s because they’re fighting for the consumer and developers, why do they continue to charge 30% in their own online store? It’s ignorant to not see the impact the iPhone and the App Store has had in all major tech companies. Facebook wouldn’t be crying about privacy and being down on revenue for the first time over App Store policies. Epic wouldn’t have cried about Apple blocking their game engine that most mobile games were using.
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None of that changes the fact that apps on a Facebook device will pay a 47.5% commission while most apps on an Apple (iOS) device pay 15% with the top 1% or so paying 30%.
Why will it not change? If you have your own store on Facebook (we do not know if this is allowed or not), you do not have to pay 17.5%. You only pay 30%.
One advantage is that they can sell their assets on multiple platofrms paying only 17.5%. Since Metaverse is supposed ot reach $800B by 2030, so I am sure developers will be interested.
I have no idea what your point is here. The commission on a Meta device running Meta's platform will be 47.5% according to the OP.
What makes you think that none of the other hardware platforms will take a cut through their stores? Seems unlikely.
Good luck with that prediction.
Do you even realize what Epic does and did LONG before the Apple App Store? ?
For profit is fine. An absurd level of hypocrisy is not, because it demonstrates that you cannot trust the company for anything, including that the product or service will perform as advertised. So yes, look for a product that works, but assume that a company that lies so easily and so outrageously must be lying about their products/services too.