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randominternetperson said:

Personally, I’m a little worried about this as a test case. It’s good that Google interprets their contract the same as Apple does, but it paints a clear contrast between the “open” android ecosystem and the “closed” iOS/iPadOS one. Now Apple will be fighting this publicly on two fronts: federal regulation and a major private suit (and that’s just in the US).

 Disclaimer, as are many of you, I have a significant financial investment in AAPL. However, I’m more interested in this because I worry about the usability and security consequences of Apple having to (potentially, if it loses) change it’s approach than the financial implications. 

 By the way, can anyone show me how I can buy third-party items in-game in Fortnite? Having to pay $10 for a weapon or upgrade seems like exorbitant pricing of a monopolist. Surely there must be a way to bypass that, right? Epic can’t be hypocritical, can they?

i suspect this just comes down to money.  Which in turn violates the TOS of the App Store. And if one does it then all will do it. 

ITGUYINSD said:

castcore said:

I will be going to Costco and Safeway tomorrow  and ask them to clear up shelf space for me to sell my home made lemonade for free. After, I will goto local steakhouse and ask them to give me a free steak because they are the biggest and most profitable steak house in town!

You can sell your lemonade anywhere you want.   You can make a website and sell it and distribute it directly.  You can sell it from your home.  You can sell it at a farmers market in your town.  Or you can check other stores to get a lower rate to sell your lemonade.  You have that freedom. 

If your city had a law that said you cannot sell any goods in the town anywhere (not even online) except one city-run store, and that store demanded a 30% cut, wouldn't you think that is unfair?

The problem is, there is NO OTHER WAY to sell apps for i-devices than Apple's App Store as their own rules (and devices) restrict it.  Because of that, it does seem unfair to me that apps can't accept payment through other means than the App Store.  Maybe the app itself shouldn't be free so that Apple gets it's money, but once the app is sold, why should Apple continue to get revenue for everything purchased in the app?  Since you like analogies, how about you buy a car so that you can start making money doing Uber, Dashpass, etc.  But the car dealer demands a 30% cut of everything you make while you are driving the car they sold you?  Same thing.