Cory Doctorow on Nostr: This is a shocking amount to charge for payment processing. The payments sector is ...

This is a shocking amount to charge for payment processing. The payments sector is incredibly monopolized and notorious for its price-gouging - and its standard (wildly inflated) rate is 2-5%:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping

Now, in theory, Epic doesn't have to sell in Google Play, the official Android app store. Unlike Apple's iOS, Android permit both #sideloading (installing an app directly without using an app store) and configuring your device to use a different app store.

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