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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by thegrimmest on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:22PM (#30213438)
There aren't many mobile apps you can buy from Apple. Apple is primarily a hardware manufacturer. Their entire product lineup consists of devices[1].

1. https://www.apple.com/us/store

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by colinjoy on Friday February 04, 2022 @05:19PM (#30214158)
Entirely?

https://www.apple.com/services/ https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/

Of course, these are not the bread and butter products.

I find it a bit pointless to separate their hardware and software. I know few people who run Windows or Linux on their Apple hardware. For me, Apple is primarily a products company that excels in fusing hardware and software together. They are increasingly expanding into services, too.

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Re:Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment ... by realusername on Saturday February 05, 2022 @02:59AM (#30218871)
They are plenty of mobile apps you can buy from apple, it's called the appstore. Whether they make them themselves is irrelevant to the point.

And similarly again there's none you can buy from Oppo and Samsung (I'll consider the Samsung store negligible in terms of market share).

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