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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by laurent123456 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:02PM (#29914727)
Exactly, if a small company decides to charge more for their work, it's a risk they take, and their customers might just decide to go elsewhere. But if tomorrow Apple decides you owe them more, what are you going to do? Not stay on the Apple Store? I don't think so.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by FpUser on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:08PM (#29914810)
>"But if tomorrow Apple decides you owe them more, what are you going to do? Not stay on the Apple Store? I don't think so."

Actually many people do just fine without Apple.

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by throwaway1777 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:21PM (#29914951)
Actually it’s insane to suggest Uber and Lyft could just abandon their iOS userbase.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by fendy3002 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:41PM (#29915196)
It seems like that because there aren't many alternative beside iOS and android, and iOS market share is big.

However if many players decide to get out from Apple ecosystem, it'll be Apple that'll change stance here.

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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by scrose on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:00PM (#29915353)
That’s a nice dream, but it’s highly unlikely individual companies that are already dominating a market would leave billions of dollars on the table to make a statement
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