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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by kmeisthax on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:12PM (#39780513)
Most consumers are not even aware of how restrictive iOS is - for the same reason why they aren't aware game consoles do the same thing but way worse. All they know is where to buy compatible software.

If you told them "you have to pay 30% to the person who invented books every time you write something" they'd scream censorship and call for an armed revolution.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by bombcar on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:53PM (#39781139)
Authors often receive much less than that for each book they sell - the best you can get is self-publishing on Kindle or something where you can net 70%: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634560

People generally know this, and they generally don't care.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by devit on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:09PM (#39785976)
Anyone can buy a laser printer, print any book, sell it, take 100% profits, and anyone can buy and read it.

But you can't do that with a mobile app because only Android users can use it, while anyone with an iPhone can't use the app unless you submit to Apple's rules.

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