Meta reveals 47.5% fee on metaverse sales despite protesting Apple's 30% rate
What you need to know
- Meta is planning to charge 47.5% in commission on sales of NFTs inside its metaverse.
- Horizon Worlds will take a 17.5% on top of any hardware platform fee, including its own Meta Quest Store.
- Meta has previously said that Apple's 30% fee makes it harder for creators to make money from their work.
Meta has announced that it will take a 47.5% cut on sales of digital assets on its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform, after previously blasting Apple for taking 30% from its creators.
The artist formerly known as Facebook announced the sale of virtual items in the metaverse on Monday without mentioning fees. Now, as reported by CNBC:
As the report notes, some in the community are said to be absolutely furious with the move:
If Meta wants 47.5% of NFT sales they gotta talk to the IRS because I don’t even have that after taxes 😭If Meta wants 47.5% of NFT sales they gotta talk to the IRS because I don’t even have that after taxes 😭— ThreadGuy.eth 👑 (@notthreadguy) April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
However, the news is perhaps more noteworthy in the context of Meta's staunch criticism of Apple's 30% App Store fees, which it has previously blasted in direct reference to the creation of its metaverse. From November:
Meta's VP of Horizon Vivek Sharma told The Verge "We think it's a pretty competitive rate in the market... We believe in the other platforms being able to have their share."
Apple and Meta have clashed publicly on multiple occasions over Apple's fee on the app Store. Previously lamenting:
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