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A comment on Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by ksec on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @07:40AM (#22053685)
I think the 30% is a rough industry standard in most Retail sectors. Apple was basically pricing the App Store like an Online Retail store.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by heisenbit on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @07:44AM (#22053711)
Yes, it was a reasonable take way back. But technology moved on and is fact that most of the technology advances accrued with Apple and not with consumers or developers. And this power position is locked by technical and legal means thus there is no possibility for others to wade in.
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