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I want an iphone but if they want to end the industry i cant buy one

Then buy 51% of shares, do a hostile takeover and stop their anti-competitive madness before it is too late.

You don't need to do radical changes, just small actions like do not steal the tips students send to teachers.

Going full-goblin mode and demanding 30% of all the money that moves through a phone is what is destroying Apple.

Students are tipping teachers now? Tipping culture really has gone off the rails.

Can someone please explain how this isn't bribery in disguise? I'd have graduated with honors if my teachers accepted tips

If you tip enough they even put your name on one of the buildings.

It's not bribery because it's not degree courses. You can go on countless apps and sites and pay to have people teach you stuff.

I don't know what the op is referring to but just a guess. I know one app, HelloTalk where I think you can get paid to teach language. Think of it as zoom + twitch but centered around language learning. You can run a channel (twitch style) and you can take private "zoom" calls for money. Apple is probably taking 30% for those calls.

To people confused about "students tipping teachers", this is the context:

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/in-a-reversal-apple-is-now...

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