Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by Zelphyr on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:55PM
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That's a pretty big straw man argument. If Apple said all apps have to pay a 95% cut and all customers have to pay $20/mo to use Internet on their phones then they'd nearly instantly lose massive market share and the backlash would be so severe that they'd never regain that market share. In other words; they'd never do that.
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by cafed00d on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:51PM
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>if Apple tomorrow said that all apps have to pay a 95% cut instead of a 30% cut
But Apple could easily say "no more 3rd party apps" -- again, equally unlikely given the values those apps bring. But zero 3rd party apps is precisely what the iPod was, no?
Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
by AgentME on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:51PM
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>As an extreme example imagine if Apple tomorrow said that all apps have to pay a 95% cut instead of a 30% cut and all customers have to pay $20/month to use Wifi or internet on their iPhone.
If they did they did this with the app store as used by existing iphones, then that would probably cause them to get in trouble, but if they made a new app store with these policies that was only used by a new model of iphone, then while extreme, I'd think it's within their rights. It's not that long ago that feature phones with limited app selection and internet browsing as a premium feature were a thing.
If Apple want to impose rules without any government oversight, they are free to start their own country with their own government and impose their own rules.