This is a great explanation and breakdown that many people didn’t know about. I personally only found out recently that @dtube took a percentage of rewards.
I think 25% is a bit high considering you already lose 25% to curation rewards. So you’re basically losing half of what you earn.
It’s far better than earning nothing for your content but it is still a steep price to pay to use these apps.
Like you said, it’s more about transparency than anything else. If apps/developers are more upfront about the costs and what the money goes towards than I am far more understanding, it’s the sneaky ones that try and hide it that usually annoy the consumer.
Great info here, gave it a resteem for visibility
From what I understand it's 25% from your author rewards and 25% from the curation rewards. So it is split up and not just taken from you. But it's still high, I totally agree with that. But yeah, if they were transparent about these "fees" then I think that would go a long way to build trust in the community. We shouldn't have to find out from posts such as this one.
DTube has posted in from the beginning that they take 25% but they probably need to make it more clear to new users.