Yeah, but Sony doesn't have 50% of the gaming market. Also the second point about payments is completely irrelevant, because Sony does not force you to process payments within it's ecosystem. You can buy a product on fortnites website, and it will show up in the game. They process payments, but they don't force you to use their payment processor.
I agree that developers (as a whole) helped to make the iPhone the overall success that it has come to be. At the same time, you cannot discount or attempt to remove the Apple frame work which is the App store, as well as the OS foundation.
I think Apple, Microsoft, you, or any other company or developer should be as legally and morally successful as your work, ethic mindset, vision, and product demand allow. If you come to have the greatest store in the U.S. that puts to shame every other retail store, bully for you. I have no problem with that.
If you do not think that monopolies are a bad thing, then I would urge you to read up on antitrust cases, and the underlying reasons why monopolies, or duopolies in this case, stifle innovation. We could have a much better platforms if we could shake off the duopolies that have formed in the last decade.
Are you implying that their success happened because of the App Store? In what way?
No, they just don't want to pay Apple 30%, which has always been a bit ridiculous. Imagine if payment processors like Visa charged retailers 30% to process payments and didn't allow them to take any other forms of payment. People and companies would be losing their minds. I feel like if Apple just charged 12% or similar like Epic does on their game store, then most of these troubles would go away. It doesn't actually cost that much to list and download games on the App Store for Apple. For now it's a cash grab to take as much as they can before they're eventually ruled against. I'm surprised it has taken this long, but it's probably the crunch from the economy pushing this to the forefront.
Yeah, when they are government regulated utilities
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How is a random website or app store less secure? That’s what you’re asking. I could make an "App Store" and put nothing but malware on it. Do you think it would be less secure?
Is anyone seriously trying to argue that Apple has a monopoly in any market? I love Apple products but let’s get serious they’re not even close to that popular to become a monopoly 🤦♂️That plus more:
Monopoly
A monopoly is when a company has exclusive control over a good or service in a particular market. Not all monopolies are illegal. For example, businesses might legally corner their market if they…
A monopoly is when a company has exclusive control over a good or service in a particular market. Not all monopolies are illegal. For example, businesses might legally corner their market if they produce a superior product or are well managed. Antitrust law doesn’t penalize successful companies just for being successful. Competitors may be at a legitimate disadvantage if their product or service is inferior to the monopolist’s.
Yeah I don’t suspect they will think this is a good idea. They only like bypassing Apple and Google because their profit will go up. I don’t think anyone is dumb enough to believe Epic games gives a lootbox about their customers
I guess you have a specific needs but for disliking your devices locked down you sure picked an interesting brand. Most people in your shoes would be using some type of Android and Linux. macOS is also locked down but not to the extent of iOS. Just look at the tears about the T2 chip. I expect it will only be locked down more with ARM.