Their (not my!) reasoning is that the “Core Technology Fee” covers their costs for developing APIs and software like Xcode that developers rely on to build apps for the iPhone (and other Apple platforms).
Basically “without our stuff, you wouldn’t have a platform”. Except they completely ignore that without their stuff, the iPhone would not be able to exist, so it’s obviously bs.
What reason does Apple think they serve any money for apps downloaded outside the app store? And don’t give the BS answer of costs.
Their (not my!) reasoning is that the “Core Technology Fee” covers their costs for developing APIs and software like Xcode that developers rely on to build apps for the iPhone (and other Apple platforms).
Basically “without our stuff, you wouldn’t have a platform”. Except they completely ignore that without their stuff, the iPhone would not be able to exist, so it’s obviously bs.