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This does not affect developers, only marketing and blog sites that promote apps and link to the app store.

This is not true. Many app developers use the affiliate program from their app's web site to claw back some of the 30% commission.

Minimise the house take, so to speak.

If you don't like it don't develop for closed ecosystems. This is the kind of shit you get when someone else has complete control.

Collective bargaining only works when everyone is in, otherwise economic forces move in to undercut you. That's why union workers on strike are so vicious to those who break ranks to go to work.

Like a trade union and a strike you mean?