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Re:Google: “Any harm Epic has suffered is not irreparable an... by username90 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:19AM (#24670261)
> And choosing how to price an unregulated inessential good outside emergency conditions is not activity Americans have to justify to their government.

No, choosing how to price things is needed for modern capitalism to work which is why we have antitrust laws. The question you should ask yourself is "if the 30% tax is many times higher than what it costs Apple to deliver the service, what forces would cause Apple to reduce said tax?", if you can't come up with an answer then we need antitrust action here.

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Re:Google: “Any harm Epic has suffered is not irreparable an... by gordeh on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:50AM (#24671118)
Why does apple have to deliver its service to a 3rd party at cost price? It can charge what it likes. If they charged 60% and all app developers moved over to google the market would soon follow or Apple would change.

The cost of the service for Apple is irrelevant in this court case.

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