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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by pilate on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:12PM (#29914111)
Both apps still exist on the App Store. That’s really all you need to know. If this was untenable for Uber and Lyft they could pull the apps any time.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by Gigachad on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:23PM (#29914245)
We can choose to have a legal system where this is OK. Or we can chose to have a legal system which busts anti competitive practices like this. Both are possible and I know which one I would vote for.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by passivate on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:10PM (#29915946)
The situation is untenable, and as you can see, businesses who aren't scared of Apple are fighting back. Unfortunately, the smaller ones will easily get crushed by Apple and can't finance this sort of push-back without some grass-roots pressure.
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