> They built the iPhone, iOS and all its frameworks
That's what their customers payed for when they bought very expensive iDevices. Honestly, what a weird take, considering Apple really invented this argument. iOS app devs and service providers are just as much a necessity for Apple's popularity and success. You know, the default iOS calculator app used to be a meme not that long ago...
> Appstore
Yeah really, unhappy devs should totally roll their own distribution like on every other platform since the beginning of software development. Oh, wait...
> But you know, everyone wants a piece of the cake Apple thought they baked under their own terms.
Or maybe, Apple wanting a piece of the second largest consumer market should play by its rules, considering all the commerce infrastructure they are using... Not to mention the education system they are free-riding for their engineers, courts protecting their brand and IP, police enforcing property rights, ...
That's what their customers payed for when they bought very expensive iDevices. Honestly, what a weird take, considering Apple really invented this argument. iOS app devs and service providers are just as much a necessity for Apple's popularity and success. You know, the default iOS calculator app used to be a meme not that long ago...
> Appstore
Yeah really, unhappy devs should totally roll their own distribution like on every other platform since the beginning of software development. Oh, wait...
> But you know, everyone wants a piece of the cake Apple thought they baked under their own terms.
Or maybe, Apple wanting a piece of the second largest consumer market should play by its rules, considering all the commerce infrastructure they are using... Not to mention the education system they are free-riding for their engineers, courts protecting their brand and IP, police enforcing property rights, ...
Do you pay taxes in Jonestown?