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grandact73 said:

I personally don't know a single person that uses Apple Music over Spotify.

I don’t know a single person that uses Spotify, except one child that has no money. 

Pema said:

They could also get tools to edit songs, which for enraging artists and record labels has got to be right up there with how Spotify still pays musicians far less than Apple Music ever has.

This sentence does not make sense. It is supposed to read emerging artists?

Nope, it’s correct as-is. What kind of artist wants all and sundry “editing” their artistic work? 

Without the app store (software) people would not buy an iPhone, and without an iPhone (hardware) people wouldn’t use the app store.
Therefore they are so linked and intertwinned that they are essentially a single product.

The app store is not a separate entity, if Apple turned off the app store can you imagine the outcry about them rendering peoples smartphones useless. Hence I believe it is impossible to determine the profitability of the app store itself.

I have also worked in many places where profitability is way in excess of 75%, making a profit is not a crime, especially on things that are not essential like mobile phone software. I know someone who worked in an opticians and their profit on glasses frames was over 1000%, some frames were bought for $7 and sold for well over $100. I would say that is more of an essential item to many people than apps.

Maybe Apple could adopt a different commission for different types of apps, e.g. entertainment apps (music, games etc) at a higher rate than apps in the health category? 
 

Nope, APM are definitely mid-range here in the UK. I know people on minimum wage (working in supermarkets) that have them (bought them for themselves not gifted or something).

The IEMs that I prefer to AirpodsPro cost twice what AirpodsPro do and are still mid-range given high end ones start at 8x AirpodsPro pricing.

Wacom killer.