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0 pointssocalgal28mo ago0 comments

It has absolutely zero to do with your choice to purchase a different device. It has everything to do with hundreds of thousands of companies' right to do business with customers without Apple in the middle.

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_benton8mo ago

What right does a company have to piggyback off of another company?

Like think about this logically? Should a grocery store be forced to sell my products without receiving any of the profit? Can I force a cafe to let me serve customers on their premises without giving anything in return?

whstl8mo ago

> What right does a company have to piggyback off of another company?

Apple has no right to piggybacking off of another company's business. Therefore the 30% must go.

_benton8mo ago

They aren't piggybacking, they provide the infrastructure, marketplace, and platform.

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saubeidl8mo ago

They're not piggybacking off another company if they use alternative distribution networks.

Should the construction company that built the grocery store be able to take a cut off grocery profits and have a say in what the store is selling?

_benton8mo ago

Depends on the contract between the grocery store and the construction company.

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_benton8mo ago

What right does a company have to piggyback off of another company?

whstl8mo ago

> What right does a company have to piggyback off of another company?

Apple has no right to piggybacking off of another company's business. Therefore the 30% must go.

_benton8mo ago

They aren't piggybacking, they provide the infrastructure, marketplace, and platform.

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saubeidl8mo ago

They're not piggybacking off another company if they use alternative distribution networks.

Should the construction company that built the grocery store be able to take a cut off grocery profits and have a say in what the store is selling?

_benton8mo ago

Depends on the contract between the grocery store and the construction company.

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