You’re Paying into a Broken System Whenever You Buy Something on iOS 7 years ago
He is complaining about payments in Apple Store using annoyingly paywalled medium.
As an iOS Developer I think that's 30% cut is fair and it works. Just look at sales numbers on iOS vs Android. Most of sales comes from iOS. As a user I hate then devs decide to skip MacOS store. For me it means I have to use some 3rd party payment and license management solution so they can save some money.