https://www.fortnite.com/news/fortnite-developers-will-soon-...
I'm done putting up with this stupid pointless fight at this point so some slimy greasy developer can prey on kids some more with stupid cosmetic skins for a video game. Has Spotify kept complaining now that they've piled on the AI slop and stopped paying artists for their music and bragged they've got over 300 million paid sheep? Nope.
Apple should just charge devs for the services like fee per download if the app is free. I believe currently the minimum paid app is $0.99, so it seems reasonable to allow $.33 apps where the dev gets none and $0 if the dev wants to front the $0.33 per user.
I guess you could argue that even $0.99 apps are subsidized but I doubt it'd be accurate. They already charge to join the dev program and it's not that expensive to run an app store.
Therefore, this is opposite of praying on the kids.
Once upon a time the only thing I wanted for my birthday was 4 tf2 keys at $2.50 a piece.
It's not unreasonable.
Parents have the ability to control their children's purchases. If they don't, well, that's on them.