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Intel should have said something like how they welcome competition from not only Apple but other companies as well as that will cause Intel to strive for better products. Instead they went with the I’ll take my ball home if you don’t like it approach and looked like morons instead. 

pairof9 said:

I find it hilarious the repeated term “stifles innovation”...so what exactly is your business model that it hinges on an “open” App Store?! I mean is Facebook, Instagram, Fortnite, and others really unable to improve their products due to the App Store as it has been for more than a decade?

(and let’s be honest, Facebook and Instagram are only pissed cuz Apple is giving the users an option to get rid of ads in their apps...an innovative feature!)

The only thing I wished on the iOS 14 privacy thing is that it felt to me that Cook and Co. caved in to Zuck’s incessant whining. What I do find funny about all of this App Store hatred is that for some reason google has remained under the radar and they have the same 30% fee as Apple. No one is forcing them to have an App Store account let alone develop apps for iOS. Everyone claims how great android is so why not stay with that platform?

seanismorris said:

I wonder what Epic is thinking...
I get they are frustrated with the 30% “Apple Tax” but their actions make no sense.

so can I ask do you also call google play store a “google tax” since they charge the same 30% as Apple?

So honest question: why is Apple the bad guy here? You can bypass the 30% by offering purchases on a website and Apple is out of the loop. Also why is Google getting the free pass as their Play store (or whatever it’s called) has the exact same 30% fee structure?