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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by deergomoo on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:26AM (#26992052)
> How is any business entitled to free or low-fee access to a platform that Apple built and maintain?

I’m sure many businesses would be perfectly happy to have no access whatsoever to the platform Apple built and maintain (platform meaning the App Store in this context), but if they want to ship on iOS (which is where all the money is), they have no choice.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by FredPret on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:58AM (#26992797)
So Apple is providing these businesses with a platform that has captured hundreds of millions of high-income users. That’s incredibly valuable
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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by deergomoo on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:29PM (#27001539)
Indeed, which is why they took $48bn in revenue for iPhone sales this quarter.

Their argument that they are responsible for Spotify’s iPhone-originating revenue to the tune of a 30% cut is a complete farce. If the iPhone didn’t have third party apps, no-one would buy them.

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