> The rent seeking point from Stratechery is taken directly from Apple's own earnings calls where they are now measuring their success based on revenue from thi

> The rent seeking point from Stratechery is taken directly from Apple's own earnings calls where they are now measuring their success based on revenue from this rent-seeking instead of on devices sold. I challenge you to find one instance of Apple describing their own strategy as “rent seeking”. Again: people are getting confused. Optional paid services are not the same thing as rent seeking.