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Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Because they got monopoly for controlling the OS too. No one will give a crap about the 30% if the app store and iOS are made by different entities.