I'm all against the way apple cripples it's devices and limit what they can do. But that does not mean Apple is not creating value and wealth. Think about it, t

I'm all against the way apple cripples it's devices and limit what they can do. But that does not mean Apple is not creating value and wealth. Think about it, that's a... Selling point of the Apple ecosystem. People get into it because it's much simpler to use and has a streamlined experience. That deliberate design choice from Apple is a big reason it's userbase exists in the first place and that's what Apple is offering to devs in exchange for the 30%. It's creating wealth for apple and for app devs. If anything the refined products they make and even the restrictive design choises make iOS apps much more profitable for devs than Android. It would have been rent seeking if Apple was the only player and users basically cannot do anything but pay Apple, but there is already Android with much less restrictions. Yet, people don't massively migrate to android.