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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by talldayo on Monday June 24, 2024 @08:44PM (#40782960)
> Every store, market place and mall has conditions for being able to sell your wares in their space.

But it's not a store. It's software; Apple charges developers to use their developer tools and then additionally requires you to pay the surcharges in their mandatory App Store. It is a racket that specifically relies on Apple's sole presence as a distributor on iOS and iPadOS; otherwise it will fail, as MacOS has shown us.

> Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony will all very happily terminate your access to their markets for failure to comply with their development programs

And every single one of those companies competes under fair pretenses with their publishing partners. Apple doesn't. That's why they're singled-out.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by tpmoney on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:14PM (#40783189)
>But it's not a store. It's software; Apple ... requires you to pay the surcharges in their mandatory App Store.

So is it a store or not?

>And every single one of those companies competes under fair pretenses with their publishing partners. Apple doesn't. That's why they're singled-out.

How so? What is Apple doing that those companies (Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony) don't do for their hardware platforms? The certainly "[charge] developers to use their developer tools and then additionally [require developers] to pay the surcharged in their mandatory [store]." So what's different? How are they competing under fair pretenses (a phrase which I admit I'm having trouble parsing the meaning of), but Apple isn't?

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