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A comment on Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House antitrust committee chair. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by apexalpha on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:07AM (#23572216)
Apple literally shutting down NFC for everyone in the world except for their own payment method is what I would call the 180 degree opposite of 'That is competition'. That's abuse, and it is more and more clear every day, both in Google, Apple as well as other such as Amazon that it's really not fair for the owners of the platforms to also compete with their customers on their own platforms.
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by sooheon on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:14AM (#23572253)
It's their devices, they can add or remove features as they see fit imo. If they make enough choices that negatively impact user experience, there will be a vacuum for a better offering.
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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by brmgb on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:29AM (#23572349)
No offense but that's not at all how competition law works.

There is a reason regulators in the world are investigating Apple right now and it's not because they are a model citizen.

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Re:Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery’ – House anti... by sooheon on Saturday June 20, 2020 @12:56AM (#23581796)
None taken, I am definitely not a antitrust lawyer. I'll be following the case with interest!
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