Developer contests this and Apple says \u201cYou haven\u2019t contributed enough to our ecosystem”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEpic who by some estimates has paid Apple 257 million in in-app purchase commissions and brought millions of consumers into the Apple ecosystem netting apple many thousands of dollars in sales per person over the next 25-30 years in addition to services revenue is being branded in court as a freeloader. What chances does an indie developer have? When Epic is a freeloader?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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For what it\u2019s worth, Epic is wrong. They agreed to the rules when they joined Apple\u2019s developer program. They broke the rules in the most childish way and the way they\u2019re doing business tells me that I have no intention of ever using any of their products ever and they should absolutely conform to the rules they agreed to or get off the App Store but Apple\u2019s stance toward Epic and Hey has really rubbed me the wrong way. Do I think Apple should charge less than 30%? No. Should they respect, nurture and care for the developers like they appear to do on stage at WWDC? 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