As you know Apple wants to charge a lot more than money 😉. Through an Internet terminal and clever story telling they found a way to put a gag on the entire and the internet connected economy at their discretion. Given that there were no regulations in place for these kinds of devices or providers of the kind, unlike many others that are crucial to the Internet function. Regulations that were unnecessary up until now.
Otherwise Apple approach to regulations would not be entirely based on presenting false dilemas to the market to steer businesses to the act of handing over their cash registers to Apple if they want to service their customers (not Apple’s) on the device. In the way their customers expect to in the device of their choice to access the Internet.
The idea that a technology company in order to be successfull and innovate these terminals needs to proceed this is way false. Other successfull players, also innovating and producing crucial technology to the way Internet works and the digital economy in general, yet not terminals, with even greater impact … simply do not. Why? Because at many instances their products and services were regulated. Giving space to companies like Apple to come to the place they are. Indeed , Apple business itself stands on the shoulders of many regulations. Without which it would never have existed … it would have been eclipsed by these players.
