imagine building a fantastic social venue - something like a bar or community center. now, years after this venue is established as the go-to place for networki

imagine building a fantastic social venue - something like a bar or community center. now, years after this venue is established as the go-to place for networking, suddenly mandate that all interactions which lead to a business relationship imply a 30% profit share in perpetuity for the venue. once i've downloaded an app from the appstore the relationship is between the developer and i. both parties have already paid their entrance fee to apples venue. artificially requiring that apps make apples subscription api available is just an underhanded way of creating the illusion that apple is still being productive. rent-seek is a perfectly valid characterization of what apple is doing. i don't care if it passes whatever filters our legal system stipulates. the definition of rent-seeking does not imply that the activity is illegal.