A good part of it is their absolutely massive 30% cut. The only reason they get away with it is that when Apple's app store first came out, most of the online casual applications were games. Hosted by a few gargantuan aggregators (cough newgrounds cough) who charged 70%+ of the revenue for their ... service.
Against a backdrop of above-criminal-rates extortion, 30% must have looked like a bargain.
To put these numbers in context, very good agents get 15%.
Against a backdrop of above-criminal-rates extortion, 30% must have looked like a bargain.
To put these numbers in context, very good agents get 15%.