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Stop calling it a tax. You’re perpetuating the propaganda. It’s simply a fee. 

Former Waze user (pre and post Google acquisition) and have long since moved over to Apple Maps.

Having lived in Boston now for sixteen years (NYC native), I gotta say that the driver that was “led astray” is either a crappy driver (there’s a preponderance of them here), or was confused by Boston’s actual physical layout, which can be tortuous and full of conflicting visual guidance. I highly doubt it was Maps. (Basing that on using it to drive daily to work sites all over the area for years. Thousands of road miles.)

People really need to stop having shit-fits over Apple’s mark-up. EVERY vendor does it (and the entire supply chain gets their pound), some in the hundreds or thousands of percent.

It’s as if folks don’t understand that’s how they get paid. And the ones that do, don’t think of it as graft.

PS - STOP SAYING TAX. Look up the meaning of the word before you abuse it. Apple is not a governmental organization, full stop. 

Could we please stop saying “Apple tax”? The second I see that, I know the author has an agenda and the article is just propaganda.

Where’s the article that points out the Google Tax everyone on the planet pays through their ad monopoly, and how those profits (80% of Alphabet revenue) goes towards subsidizing an OS that still
sucks beyond belief. Where’s that article?

avon b7 said:

rob53 said:

Why does everything have to interoperate? I buy Apple products. I don’t buy Google things. I made a choice to buy Apple-only products. What business does the EU have telling me I have to use, or allow to use, other products? What product has the EU improved? None that I know of. They’re just doing a huge money grab. 

Would you prefer that your carrier only connected to users that used the same carrier? 

That’s a kind of a stupid analogy. If I want to message someone on Messenger, I use Messenger. Or SMS, or the Tik-tok app. There ARE already options.

And siloing has a point. I don’t need to be bombarded with scam messages because a certain company’s revenue stream is bolstered by their lax rules.

And no, I don’t want my iOS to be like macOS … I use macOS or Android when I want that. How do ya’ll not get how product differentiation works? Do you post on the Home Depot thread about how your Philips screwdriver doesn’t pound nails, or do you grab a hammer?

There’s also the obvious fact that macOS’s is security model is more and more like iOS, for good reason. Has everyone forgotten that these restrictions were put in place to combat security threats on devices that were even more capable of intruding on our lives?

Do you not read significant research on how “more options” isn’t an inherent good, and often brings quality down? Anyone? Did we forget what the race to the bottom has done for PC and Android manufacturers? (I’ve got a vivid recollection of decades of test equipment that has failed in spectacular ways vs my Apple hardware. Even the expensive models.)

Can I go to Germany and buy things in Canadian dollars or Mexican pesos, without exchanging into Euros first? Will stores carry the cost of exchanging for me?

Or can I pump diesel fuel into my gas car?

The point is that there are millions of points of friction that could be eased, but they aren’t for a variety of reasons, both economic and engineering. The EU could go after some of those. But let’s face it, it’s really kowtowing to what European businesses want, not what’s better for its people.

Ya’ll need to stop taking your pet peeves out on the rest of us and just use a platform that caters to your type of needs. They’ve been around for decades now. Move already. You have options.