If you were right, then it wouldn't be an issue, and we wouldn't be reading about it in MacRumors every day, and it wouldn't be under US senate review, and governments and companies and people all around the world wouldn't be blowing up about Apple's monopolistic practices.
At the end of the day, businesses only get to operate in our country according to the rules WE decide. WE-the-people vote in the government, who represent us and make the laws, including anti-monopolistic laws to protect us from being ripped off from monopolistic practices. So the definition of what defines a monopoly, is actually, ultimately, whatever we-the-people decide it is.
And right now, there is a massive debate and uproar about Apple's business practices, and whether or not they are monopolistic, and if and how they should be contained. Personally, I would be surprised if nothing changes, but I guess we will see.
This is mostly (although lately FAR from it) a tech forum , but i will address this political post as mods allow it and will carry on with on topic discussion.
Sadly , its no "WE decide" for a very long time , the senate is a business run by millionaires (over 50% are in fact a multi million government employees) , do they do what is right by the avg joe or they do what is right for their political agenda or personal gain ? money wins elections as evident from who is eventually is getting picked.
If Apple reduces the cost to 15% , would all of this go away (cutting the industry standard by 50%!) ? if that is the case i would say its a very simple "anti trust/monopoly" claim , if the issue at hand is the fact that Facebook and the rest just want full access to the device in a claim that it hurts innovation not being able to do what they want with it , then I believe its very obvious the real intention of their agenda , and its NOT the public interest ,lf you think otherwise i would be happy to hear why !
Dont be surprised when your son is installing a new porn App and is being charged 500$ for a private lapdance or he is gambling away in one of the MANY gambling apps that will soon be flowing into the 3rd party app store with no regulation , if thats what the ppl want to install , LET THEM /s
Developers are NOT the consumer friend as some folks here try to say , and its evident by the business practice of the companies that are suing Apple.
Facebook just made their Oculus platform (VR) a must have Facebook account to be able to use it , you cannot use the VR headset without a Facebook account (for old users it will be enforce in 2 years , for new ones it will start at october).
As you can clearly see Facebook does not care about the consumer choice (they give him none) , I can give you a similar run down why Epic does not care either , they do a good job trying to bundle the consumer into their war though.
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