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  • EU Core Technology Fee for small & non-profit developers pared way back

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    londor said:
    janrichard said:
    Imagine if Microsoft...

    You don't have to image it, Microsoft currently does that with the Xbox. Why is Apple's iPhone any different than Xbox, Playstation, etc?
    The difference is you can go and buy a game from another store (Game Stop, etc.) and Microsoft doesn't get the 30% commission. Only when games are purchased through their game store is their commissions. So if Apple allowed third party stores, then they would be the same as the Xbox. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple responds to DOJ antitrust lawsuit by refuting every claim

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    avon b7 said:
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    My phone can support Google Pay, Huawei Pay, BBVA Pay and even, theoretically at least, even Apple Pay. An iPhone has only supported Apple Pay, and eliminated competition by simply not allowing it to exist. That is is because there are revenues involved and Apple takes a cut from every single operation and wants the whole pie to itself.

    ...
    I couldn't have said it better myself. I have never understood why competition has to stopped as soon as someone buys an iPhone. From my understanding, there are over a billion iPhones in use, there should be competition on that platform.
    williamlondon

  • US DOJ attacks nearly every aspect of Apple's business in massive antitrust suit

    MesonMeson
    MacPro said:
    So, after so many years of being called a walled garden (and derided by the then more popular Android crap users), many here voluntarily joined that garden experience.  Then, jealous others sue to get access to the garden.  Now, it's a monopoly.  Just wonderful!
    Oh my god, is it possible to overdose on schadenfreude! LOL!
    williamlondon