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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by cm277 on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:48AM (#24156655)
They are extracting rent from a market that's now too big and powerful and are enforcing rules that do not have political (as in citizens') legitimacy.

They have obviously won their market position fair-and-square and their rules aren't illegal. But extracting taxes ('rent' in economist-speak) from other companies just because they were successful at some point in the past is uncompetitive behavior now.

Same goes for Amazon/Google: extracting rent from a market-dominant position should be illegal (it isn't) regardless of how that position was won.

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Re:Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts... by ntsplnkv2 on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:28AM (#24157653)
Once again - they are not market dominant, they do not have the largest marketshare of phone users. This is false.

> and are enforcing rules that do not have political (as in citizens') legitimacy.

This is basically saying to me "yea you're right, it isn't illegal, but I don't like it!!" They're charging for a service, there is nothing unfair about it. Frankly, it could be even higher.

> Same goes for Amazon/Google: extracting rent from a market-dominant position should be illegal (it isn't) regardless of how that position was won.

Google is a clear monopoly - they dominate the market. Amazon does not - Wal-Mart, Target, are all viable competitors. BestBuy, NewEgg, Ebay, etc.

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