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Re:Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annu... by josho on Monday December 31, 2018 @09:19PM (#18798515)
> Apple created the marketplace

It used to be that the maker of the OS spent tremendous efforts to attract developers. They did this for free to gain app market share.

So, your argument falls flat. Apple is doing this to generate profit. They continue doing so because of their dominant iOS market share and that for apps there is no alternative.

Please stop making excuses for trillion dollar companies.

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Re:Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annu... by sjwright on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @12:45AM (#18799115)
> Apple is doing this to generate profit.

Yes, that's what companies do. If you don't like capitalism, your beef isn't with Apple, it's with your government.

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