Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
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Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#2Perhaps this is apophenia, but it appears that societal tensions are boiling over from all corners, against all kinds of established authorities, no?
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#3As much as I agree with the stance against I hate the coverage and the press this is getting with people evangelicizing the CEO. He's regularly referenced on this site by his initials (which even as a regular reader of tech news I had to look up) which comes across as cult of personality at best and astroturfing at worse.
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#4I believe Apple just don't see any reason to be nice. And probably that's what many companies would do if they were in that position.
We know that we can't stay dominant forever,
We know someone will force us to reduce Apple-tax later,
So we have to get as much as we can, for as long as we can.
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#5Apple wants to own iPhone consumers so that anyone who wants access to that demographic must pay the toll and follow their rules. It's far too much power for one corporation. Nice to see authorities are starting to take the matter seriously.
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#6Perhaps this is apophenia, but it appears that societal tensions are boiling over from all corners, against all kinds of established authorities, no?
This is the expected outcome from introspection (Corona period).
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#7Generally only gaming companies can afford to pay or money losing vc companies. Let me just state generally again, most other companies just don’t sell via IAP as it’s too expensive. I’ve been saying this here for months and Google is guilty too 100%. These two control discoverability (search and ads), hosting (all data to copy your app), and monetization (charge tax on any profit you make). Why? Because they can and are evil. Doesn’t leave room for new consumer startups anymore and increases prices for consumers.
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#8I believe Apple just don't see any reason to be nice. And probably that's what many companies would do if they were in that position. We know that we can't stay dominant forever, We know someone will force us to reduce Apple-tax later, So we have to get as much as we can, for as long as we can.
#mafiatax
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#9If you could choose between a fee decrease to 15% or the ability to sideload apps bypassing the store, which is more important? To me, the only reason I avoid iOS is specifically because I cannot install my own apps without using the store.
Re: Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair
#10Apple may be robbers, but they're not trolling a public highway, they're demanding fees if you want to drive on the highway that they built. Build a better ecosystem around better devices, better software, better marketing, and better services, and you can also charge whatever you want, or make it free. That is competition. Wanting to drive on someone else's walled highway (which leads directly to eyeballs and open wallets) and also refusing to pay their fee is not competition.