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> some rich software companies don’t want to pay Apple 30% while they have no problem with other platforms like gaming consoles

Why would you think they don't have a problem with the cut game console manufacturers take?

It's also different kinds of companies: Epic and Spotify have quite different concerns, for example.

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I want my phone to be free like speech and I want free commerce. But I also know that if people start ganging up on and start taking over other people’s property, not because they did anything illegal but because they just don’t like them anymore, things soon turn savor really fast.

> Why would you think they don't have a problem with the cut game console manufacturers take?

Because they haven't sued them in the US nor lobbied the EC to label game console manufacturers as "gatekeepers".

Japan is also a very big player in the console market by the way. Anyway, I got sidetracked, nobody has to put their apps on Apple products. The premise Apple is making is that they're allowing access to billions of possible users in exchange for a certain percentage of the sale price.

The record labels are charging artists up to 50% for an album and nobody is even betting an eye about it or talking about regulation. That's why I find all this noise so artificial.

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