Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by threatofrain on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:42PM (#27464763)

This form of rhetorical questioning is a pretty common idiom.

"If this isn't stealing, than what is?"

That's not an open invitation for elucidation on property laws. It's an assertion in the form of a question.

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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:44PM (#27465549)

I agree with everything you have said there.

In that situation, the question being asked is "what would they have to do for you to accuse them of stealing?", and there's an implication/assertion that your definition of "stealing" is too narrow.

Replying with "this isn't stealing, it's borrowing" doesn't answer the question, and it's ignoring the implication/assertion.

And that's basically what martimarkov did. They didn't say a single word that addresses the implication that such a narrow anti-collusion rule is too weak.

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