Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's membership programs (2018)

Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by cardosof on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:30PM (#29914317)

I just wonder how history would be if in the 90s the Microsoft suits tried to get a cut of everything running on Windows. "Oh you used Windows and Internet Explorer to buy AutoCAD?"

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by cablexl on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:40PM (#29915744)

Microsoft did not control the entire ecosystem. They would have locked the entire ecosystem down in a heartbeat if they had full control over hardware and software. You can look at Xbox as an example, they do exactly that.

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by giantrobot on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:48PM (#29915800)

You mean by charging money for Windows which was required to run Windows software? Yeah if only they had figured that one out.

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