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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by _nalply on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:48AM (#23988024)
Competitive between developers and perhaps platforms but absolutely a monopoly for iOS.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by ryanlol on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:49AM (#23988052)
This is as nonsensical as complaining about Disney having a monopoly in Disneyland.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by chownie on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:58AM (#23988196)
It is a false comparison to put Disney land (owned by Disney) and iOS devices (owned by Apple customers) side by side.

We already had battles on this front, Microsoft had to offer competing browsers for some time at least in the EU. Manufacturing the platform ceases to afford dictatorship when the device reaches a large enough share of the population imo.

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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by jaywalk on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:52AM (#23988099)
Phones are not the private property of Apple and Google.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by kube-system on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @12:10PM (#23988358)
That's true about the hardware.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by ViViDboarder on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:57AM (#23988175)
It’s not like that at all... Disneyland sells Disney IP. These stores are marketplaces.
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