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Rent is normally flat. I've never heard of a landlord taking a percentage

It’s rent in the sense of rent seeking. You control an asset and let others pay for using it, if they want to. Rent seeking is not a very good thing but it’s a minuscule part of Apple’s business model. I also can’t see how a small developer can find it unfair, 30% for access to the best mobile ecosystem seems a pretty good deal to me, and I’m a mobile developer. I can agree that it seems expensive to Amazon or Spotify though.

It happens all the time with commercial leases.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/clb-percentage-rent....

Absurd, and:

> The percent that’s applied is usually an industry standard (7% on every dollar) and isn’t subject to much negotiation.

Which is still much less than the 30% of Apple.

It’s not about the size of the fee, it’s about what you charge for.

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