> Apple analogizes its role to the role of an owner of a shopping mall that “leases physical space to various stores.” Sounds like a company store in a mining

> Apple analogizes its role to the role of an owner of a shopping mall that “leases physical space to various stores.” Sounds like a company store in a mining town. The company pays your pay checks, charges you high rent and high prices at the company store (Which is also the only store) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town#Paternalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town#Paternalism