I get your point, but looking at it at a glance without any other context, 12% feels like a pretty reasonable amount IMHO.

Like, if all major marketplaces only charge 12% from the get-go, we probably would have had much less fuss and lawsuits over this.

This issue was always the disproportionate size of the fee, not the fact that they charge a fee.

Every single PC developer is fully able to release PCs games to customers without paying Epic a dime.

So, to you answer your question, the fee that Epic should take is exactly the same as Apple's. It is exactly Zero dollars for all apps that do not go through their app store. Thats already how it works though.

It, of course, would be absurd if Epic was able to force you to pay them money for apps that don't involve Epic in any way and dont go through their app store!

Yes, if Epic sold an Epic computer which had > 50% marketshare and and you could only purchase products from their store.

The only other category you can really compare this to is game consoles, but the hardware is sold at a much smaller margin and they still (for now) support physical media.

Epic's fee for 3rd-party payments is 0%.

12% is if you sell directly through Epic's platform - nobody is claiming Apple shouldn't get a cut of that for their own platform.

> Maybe next they can decide what Epic’s 12% fee for their own marketplace should be

Aren't Epic's 12% fee less than half of what is usually charged?

Since courts work on what is reasonable, what makes you think that they will reduce it?

Thats after you make a million dollars though. It's free until then.

"0% Store Fee For First $1,000,000 in Revenue Per App Per Year Starting in June 2025, for any Epic Games Store payments we process, developers will pay a 0% revenue share on their first $1,000,000 in revenue per app per year, and then our regular 88%/12% revenue share when they earn more than that. "

12 sounds fine. I won't object to lower but 3-6 % is what most other modern digital platforms charge. Adding your own 3-6% on top a payment processor as a platform hostong content sounds reasonable.