On HN I'd rewrite the last part of the statement "but it's only a big deal if Microsoft does it".

Around here, Apple can be as abusive and monopolistic as it likes, and nobody will raise their eyes from their MBPs at all.

How long have you been on HN? I assure you that a colossal amount of virtual ink has been spent complaining about Apple's closed OS, their opaque app store policies, etc. Stories about iOS apps getting rejected dominated the front page for many weeks.

I'd say the community here is far more understanding of Microsoft than, say, the Slashdot crowd.