Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment systems in Netherlands

Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by rosndo on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:11PM (#30210658)

> You as an end user are not party to the agreement that Apple has with the developers

In the end this will be a political decision. I vote.

> Your understanding of what constitutes a de-facto monopoly is broken.

The monopoly argument may work in the US, but not in the EU. Apple may be up to nasty stuff that legislators should act against, but they’re certainly not a monopolist.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by jacquesm on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:45PM (#30211138)

You are getting quite tiring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_competition_law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_101_of_the_Treaty_on_t...

https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/selling-in-eu/competit...

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by rosndo on Saturday February 05, 2022 @02:53AM (#30218843)

“Monopoly” is a word with a specific meaning, lets try to not use it as a catch-all for any trade practices you’re unhappy with.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by jacquesm on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:03AM (#30219645)

I wrote 'de-facto monopoly'. That was for a reason.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by rosndo on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:02AM (#30219981)

I think you might have misunderstood what de facto means?

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