Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac...
by ben_w on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:51PM
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> You do finances, email, chat, dating, games, spreadsheets, GPS navigation
> For half of Americans, Apple controls what software you can use, and it extorts a 30% cut.
30% (or even 15%) of $0 is $0.
Apple gets nothing from me for my finance apps, my email client, my chat apps, my spreadsheet apps, or my GPS apps, because they are free.
I can’t comment about dating apps as I’m not using any. Complaining that Apple charges for gaming, however, is weird given you choose to reject them as gaming devices.
> For half of Americans, Apple controls what software you can use, and it extorts a 30% cut.
30% (or even 15%) of $0 is $0.
Apple gets nothing from me for my finance apps, my email client, my chat apps, my spreadsheet apps, or my GPS apps, because they are free.
I can’t comment about dating apps as I’m not using any. Complaining that Apple charges for gaming, however, is weird given you choose to reject them as gaming devices.