Lettuce

jdw said:

The following article summary say it all more clearly...

Judge Gonzalez Rogers frequently expressed frustration and skepticism while questioning Matthew Fischer, the Apple executive responsible for the iPhone app store. Her questions conveyed concerns that Apple's compliance efforts were more focused on protecting its profits than facilitating more accessible access to alternative in-app payment options, as her order intended.

"We are running a business," Fischer remarked.

The judge is wrong.  Fischer is right.

Apple has every right to earn profits, exactly as it has been doing.  Some Apple developers are simply wanting judges to take away more profits from Apple so those profits can be handed over to themselves.  These loudmouthed developers have been working hard over the past few years to convince judges like this one that Apple isn't deserving of all the profits Apple works so hard for.  There's nothing that is overly complex or confusing to the consumer.  If anything, intelligent consumers who hold AAPL stock are rewarded every quarter when Apple pays them a dividend.  The only confusing thing is why so many in seats of power want to shift profits from Apple to a select few loudmouthed developers.  It really doesn't benefit the consumer at all in the end.

One thing rings true.  If you work hard to build a successful business, a lot of seedy people will target you.  Some in seats of power, like this judge, will harm the business in the name of consumer advocacy.  In the end, businesses that survive these never-ending attacks must fight with all their might.  But the more they fight, the more cost they incur, and the more consumers end up paying in the end.