growinglamb

I have no solution to the problem but no one is looking at the core basic principle of things. 

Developers can sell to different platforms (IOS + Android). This is fine

But digging deeper we can see that sellers and buyers on the Android platform have options of where they sell and where they can buy from (regardless whether it's safe or not). The point is this: there are various outlets for acquiring apps between the various "app vendors". Developers can compete with Google play if they chose to. There is a free market within Android platform

The problem for IOS is that If you want to sell to iphone users you can only do it in one place, Period, This is where the complaint is coming from. The point is: There are no other outlets for acquiring/selling apps within the IOS platform.  Developers cannot compete against the App store even if they choose to.  in other words there is no free market within the IOS platform. 

It isn't about the developers not being able to sell their software, it's about the developers not being able to use another venue to sell to OS users or even compete against the IOS app store.